Bengaluru: A girder suffered a mechanical failure and collapsed at a Namma Metro construction site at BTM Layout 2nd Stage. None was injured in the incident.
Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (
BMRC
) sources said the accident took place at 6.15am on Sunday near the Udupi Garden signal while the launching gantry standing close to 40ft above was auto-launched. Instead of taking support on its own leg, the heavy machine collapsed, resting on the piers of the rail pillars and stood atop. While many workers were present at the site, all were safe.
A BMRC team found that a mechanical failure had caused the accident. The authorities said the launching girder will be taken down safely and further action will be carried out as per contract provisions.
Anjum Parwez
, managing director of BMRC, said the girder slipped from the supporting platform. “All the workers and engineers were at the ground level at the time of the accident. The girder will be brought down using a crane by afternoon,” he added.
The mishap site is part of Phase 2 of Namma Metro where the BMRC is building an elevated line (yellow) from RV Road to
Bommasandra
, including a Metro rail-cum-flyover for motorists from Ragigudda to
Silk Board
, sources said.
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