Sunday, July 12, 2009 NEW DELHI: Three persons have died and 11 others injured in a major mishap that took place at an under-construction site of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in Delhi on early Sunday morning. A pillar holding up the overhead railway tracks collapsed near LSR College. As the structure collapsed, the concrete slabs being laid came crashing down. The crash also burst a water-pipeline, causing flooding in the area. Rescue efforts are two-pronged. One group is working to save the man who's trapped under the debris. Another group is using a crane to lift the concrete slabs and clear the space. Making the rescue and clearing operations difficult is the fact that the area is flooded with water as a major pipeline burst due to the falling structure, flooding the area.Six cranes of 250 tonnes each and one crane of 400 tonnes have already been mobilised and they are working at the site for rescue operations. In addition, gas cutters have also been deployed and over a hundred engineers are involved in the rescue operations currently. In addition police and civil defence authorities are also providing assistance," Dayal said."There is a pillar in this set up that was weak from before and we had brought this to the notice of the DMRC people. But with a few structural repairs, they passed the pillar as feasible and it is they who passed it that are to blame," said Munna, an eyewitness at the site.The injured were shifted to the nearby hospital.
Sunday, July 12, 2009 NEW DELHI: Three persons have died and 11 others injured in a major mishap that took place at an under-construction site of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in Delhi on early Sunday morning. A pillar holding up the overhead railway tracks collapsed near LSR College. As the structure collapsed, the concrete slabs being laid came crashing down. The crash also burst a water-pipeline, causing flooding in the area. Rescue efforts are two-pronged. One group is working to save the man who's trapped under the debris. Another group is using a crane to lift the concrete slabs and clear the space. Making the rescue and clearing operations difficult is the fact that the area is flooded with water as a major pipeline burst due to the falling structure, flooding the area.Six cranes of 250 tonnes each and one crane of 400 tonnes have already been mobilised and they are working at the site for rescue operations. In addition, gas cutters have also been deployed and over a hundred engineers are involved in the rescue operations currently. In addition police and civil defence authorities are also providing assistance," Dayal said."There is a pillar in this set up that was weak from before and we had brought this to the notice of the DMRC people. But with a few structural repairs, they passed the pillar as feasible and it is they who passed it that are to blame," said Munna, an eyewitness at the site.The injured were shifted to the nearby hospital.
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