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Worker dies at Namma Metro site

Staff Reporter

The accident occurred at Manuvana in Vijayanagar

BANGALORE: The ongoing civil works for the Namma Metro claimed one more life on Thursday night when a young worker, who was hit by a half-tonne steel cage that was being transported, died of his injuries.

The accident occurred at Manuvana in Vijayanagar where the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) is undertaking viaduct construction for Namma Metro’s Reach 2 on the East-West Corridor.

The police, who identified the victim as Suchand Roy (22) of Nandigram village in West Bengal, said a crane was transporting the cage meant for erection of piles for the viaduct.

The cage, which was swinging, hit Roy who was working at the construction site, injuring him on the chest.

The worker later died in hospital.

His death has been the first at Namma Metro’s construction site.

Two labourers had died in separate incidents during building demolitions earlier.

The death comes at a time when concerns are being raised about the safety of general public and workers at the workplace.

A couple of days back, a steel rod fell from a viaduct on Mahatma Gandhi Road and impaled itself on the windshield of a car.

The driver and her young son had a close call.

Contractors’ failure

Meanwhile, BMRCL’s preliminary inquiry has revealed that the contractor — Simplex Infrastructure — had failed to address safety issues at the worksite in a “fail-safe manner.”

A communiqué said the safety inspector of the contractor and the site inspector of the consultant have been demobilised from the worksite.

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