NEW DELHI: Five people were killed and another 15 injured when a section of a partially-constructed New Delhi metro bridge gave way suddenly early on Sunday, a spokesman for the rail service said. The accident occurred when a pillar supporting part of the carriageway collapsed, Anuj Dayal, spokesman for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) told reporters. “We are investigating the matter.
It appears that there is a problem in the design of the pillar of the bridge,”Dayal said. The dead were labourers who were among a group of 30 men working at the site in south Delhi. While three of the five were pronounced dead in hospital, emergency workers were still trying to recover the bodies of two others from the concrete debris, Dayal said. “Two of the injured are in a serious condition” while some workers had been discharged after first aid, he said. Television footage showed a long section of concrete lying at an angle with one end on the ground and the other atop a supporting pillar. DMRC chief E Sreedharan, who toured the site, later told reporters he had submitted his resignation to the Delhi government, taking responsibility for the accident. “In this project we have maintained a fairly high standard of safety. Today is a major jolt. I personally feel I have to take full moral responsibility for this accident ... I have decided to resign as managing director of DMRC,” Sreedharan said after naming a five-member committee to investigate the collapse. afp
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Six injured in second accident at Delhi metro site
New Delhi - Six people were injured after cranes crashed in a new accident at a metro construction site in Delhi Monday, one day after a rail bridge on the section collapsed killing six people. Witnesses said three construction cranes that were being...
Posted : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:02:46 GMT
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New Delhi - Six people were injured after cranes crashed in a new accident at a metro construction site in Delhi Monday, one day after a rail bridge on the section collapsed killing six people. Witnesses said three construction cranes that were being operated to clear the debris collapsed at the site of Sunday's accident in the Greater Kailash area of southern Delhi.
Local television networks showed images of the three cranes toppling while lifting a heavy steel girder, leading to panic among workers who scrambled for safety.
"Six people, including two engineers, a worker and an onlooker sustained minor injuries in the accident," local police inspector Manhar Kumar said.
"They were moved to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment," he added.
A section of the bridge under construction had collapsed on Sunday, killing six people and injuring 17.
Traffic in southern Delhi came to a halt as the police closed arterial roads in the area.
The second accident within 24 hours on the metro site sent the Delhi administration into a scramble even as the federal government promised a high-level probe.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation managing director E Sreedharan, who has headed the project since its inception, offered to quit after the accident but his resignation was not accepted by the Delhi government.
The bridge that collapsed Sunday was one of the 10 new corridors of the Delhi Metro, part of the project's second phase, slated to be completed by September 2010.
The construction of the new lines had been put on a fast track with the aim of completing work before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which are scheduled to be held in Delhi.
Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy told the Indian parliament that a four-member committee had been constituted to investigate the causes leading to the accident.
"The accident did not take place because of any hurry. We are no doubt keen about completing various projects related to Commonwealth but we shall never compromise on the quality of work (to reach deadlines)," he told the parliament.
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Gammon India, a contractor in Delhi Metro Rail project, on a petition filed by the
family members of victims of the July 12 mishap, seeking compensation.
Justice Rewa Khetrapal directed the company to file its response by August 20 when the matter will be taken up for further hearing.
The court passed the order on a joint petition filed by family members of four persons who lost their lives in the mishap.
Six persons, including an engineer, were killed and over a dozen others injured when an under-construction over-bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed on July 12 in south Delhi.
The petitioners pleaded before the court that the family of the deceased should get a compensation of Rs 50 lakh each while injured persons should be given Rs 25 lakh each.
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