Top News

An engineer associated with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has been suspended after a part of an under-construction viaduct in Mumbai’s Mulund area collapsed, leaving one dead and three injured, The Hindu reported on Sunday.

Satyajit Salve, an executive engineer of the Mumbai Metro Line 4 project, was suspended on the orders of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

“The officials who compromise public safety will not be spared,” Shinde was quoted by the newspaper as saying. He also announced that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority would bear the medical expenses of the injured.

The incident occurred on Saturday at about 12.20 pm near the Mulund fire station on the Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg.

Videos posted on social media showed a large concrete block, which appeared to be part of the parapet segment of the viaduct, falling on an auto rickshaw and a car.

The person who died was identified as Ramdhani Yadav, 46. He was sitting in the back of the auto rickshaw.

Rajkumar Indrajeet Yadav, one of those injured, is in a critical condition in intensive care, while Mahendra Pratap Yadav and Deepa Ruhiya are reported to be stable.

A first information report has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to culpable homicide and criminal acts with common intent against managers, engineers, a...

Read more