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Wall collapse kills labourer in Kanjurmarg

Saturday at around 9.30am, while the labourers of contractor Balaji Construction were carrying out the work of de-shuttering the outside face of the retaining wall of the tank, the earth on outside of the retaining wall accidentally slid down towards retaining wall (in the gap between retaining wall and earth on the outside). Due to this two labourers got trapped under it.

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Two labourers died after retaining wall of an underground water tank that was being constructed for a rehabilitation building of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) at Kanjurmarg collapsed on Saturday morning.

“The construction work of an underground water tank for a Rehabilitation Building P1 was in progress at an MMRDA site, Karve Nagar in Kanjurmarg East. After carrying out excavation work for about 4.5m depth, raft foundation and retaining wall of the underground tank had already been completed two days ago,” said Dilip Kawathkar, joint project director of MMRDA.

On Saturday at around 9.30am, while the labourers of contractor Balaji Construction were carrying out the work of de-shuttering the outside face of the retaining wall of the tank, the earth on outside of the retaining wall accidentally slid down towards retaining wall (in the gap between retaining wall and earth on the outside). Due to this two labourers got trapped under it.

The labourers — identified as Inderjit Vijay Chauhan and Mahesh Dashrath Chauhan, both 22-year-old — were declared dead at the Rajawadi Hospital. “The search and rescue operation faced some difficulty due to the narrow space as there is no approach and working space for other equipment and machinery,” added Kawathkar.

On the incident, deputy commissioner of Police, Zone VII, Vinay Rathod said: “In Karve Nagar, MMRDA’s building construction is underway where the incident has happened. Fire brigade is on the spot. Police bandobast too is present. Investigations too have begun on the incident.”

 

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