MUMBAI: Two people including a
contractual junior engineer
died while one was injured in a
wall collapse
incident at
Tardeo
on Saturday afternoon.
Around 12 noon the wall at a construction site near the
Tardeo RTO office
crashed. Three were injured initially and rushed to Nair hospital in
Mumbai Central
. Among the three two people were declared dead on arrival while one was treated and discharged. The two deceased have been identified as
Faiz Khan, 24 and
Tapan Das, 28 while the person who was treated and discharged was
Jaydeo Roy
,28.
Sanjay Surve, senior inpsector of Tardeo police said, "The ground had been dug up for laying of basement pillars meanwhile the soil loosened up because of which the wall crashed on the three standing at the location. At present we have registered at Accidental Death Report (ADR) and sought a site inspection report on the incident based on which further action will be decided."
Richa Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. S...
Read MoreRicha Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. She covers urban governance & climate change issues. With over a decade of experience in field reporting, she has written extensively on various civic issues affecting Mumbaikars. She graduated in -journalism from the prestigious Mumbai-based St Xavier's College and later pursued a three-year Law degree (L.L.B.) with the University of Mumbai. She regularly tweets about all things that matter to Mumbai on-- @richapintoi.
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