Mumbai Metro supervisor dies due to electric shock

Just a day after the collapse of a steel scaffolding at a Mumbai Metro construction site,
a labour supervisor died due to an electric shock near a project office in Andheri today, police said.

"Navin Singh, a 38-year-old labour supervisor, was going to one of the project offices of the Metro line located on Andheri-Kurla Road, when he sustained an electric shock outside the office," a senior policeman from Andheri police station told PTI, adding that Singh was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.

Police suspect that loose wires outside the portable cabin, currently used as the project
office, might have resulted in Singh sustaining an electric shock.

A case of negligence has been registered against the electrician responsible for the electrical works outside the shed under Section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code, he said.

Yesterday, a metallic scaffolding structure collapsed at Saki Naka on the Versova-Ghatkopar Metro line following gusty winds, but no one was injured in the incident. Mumbai Metro One, the consortium building the Metro line, said it had ordered an
inquiry into the incident.