Metro crane topples over

Acrane on Wednesday toppled at a Metro rail site near Sarvodaya Hospital, Ghatkopar, with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority threatening action against the contractor.
Officials said that no one was injured in the freak mishap, which occurred when the crane tilted, leading to the boom touching a nearby building at 5. 30 am. MMRDA commissioner Rahul Asthana said they would initiate action against Simplex, which has seen mishaps at its projects in the city over the last few years.Asthana pointed out that Simplex had been fined Rs 5 lakh for a pothole on the Lalbaug flyover last year. Mumbai Metro One officials said the accident was rectified within a few hours and work resumed in the evening.
Our safety committee has begun investigations into the accident, they said. MMOne is building the Metro line from Versova to Ghatkopar The metro and monorail projects have seen several accidents, which have taken a few lives, over six years.