Kamal Ghorui
MUMBAI: One person was killed and three others were injured after a portion of a parapet segment from the under-construction Metro Line-4 viaduct collapsed onto an autorickshaw and a car on LBS Road near the Johnson & Johnson Company in Mulund (West) at around 12.20 pm on Saturday.According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade, a concrete piece measuring approximately 6 ft by 4 ft fell onto a moving autorickshaw and a Skoda car.
The injured were rushed to Upasana Multispeciality Hospital, where Ramdhan Yadav was declared brought dead. Rajkumar Indrajeet Yadav (45) is in critical condition in the ICU, while Mahendra Pratap Yadav (52) and Deepa Ruhiya (40) are stable.
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Fire brigade personnel, police teams, metro staff, ward officials and 108 ambulance service personnel rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations.Authorities cordoned off the area, and traffic movement on the busy LBS Road stretch was affected for some time.Fire brigade teams, police personnel, metro staff and civic officials carried out rescue operations, and the area was cordoned off, briefly affecting traffic on the busy arterial road.Mulund MLA Mihir Kotecha demanded an inquiry and action against the contractor as well as the officials concerned. Mayor Ritu Tawde said the parapet segment had been installed only a day earlier and that the stretch should have been barricaded, indicating possible negligence.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray criticised the government over alleged safety lapses at infrastructure sites and questioned whether the contractor would be blacklisted.The work falls under Package CA-10 and is being executed by contractor M/s Rajv-Milan, with project management consultancy by the DB-Hill-LBG consortium. Officials said a detailed probe has been initiated to ascertain the cause of the collapse.Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis ordered a probe into the pillar collapse incident and also announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the family of the deceased.
