No casualties were reported in the incident. (Photo: PTI) New Delhi: Eight people were injured on Monday, two of them seriously, after a steel girder of an under-construction foot-over bridge (FOB) at the Mohan Nagar Metro station site fell, prompting the DMRC to remove a project in-charge of the main contractor and terminate a sub-contractor’s services.DCP Rakesh Mishra said the steel girder fell on a passing autorickshaw in which three passengers, Seema, Gaur and Raje, were travelling.DMRC removes project manager n Will compensate those hurt. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has also suspended its assistant engineer and junior engineer who were in-charge of the site. Services on the Delhi Metro’s Red Line were suspended for over one hour on Monday after heavy smoke from a nearby blaze in the slums made it difficult for the trains to run. The auto driver, Inderjeet, also sustained injuries.
The DMRC announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh for the seriously injured and Rs one lakh for those with minor injuriesMr Mishra said an FIR was lodged against Rohit, the project manager of the sub-contractor, under Section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (causing grievous hurt metric nut Suppliers by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 427 (whoever commits mischief and thereby causes loss or damage to the amount of Rs 50 or upwards) of the IPC.The police said that the condition of Seema (27) and Atul Gaur (30) was “serious” and they were admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Mohan Nagar hospital. The police said that three other people were injured but they did not lodge a complaint and continued on their journey after receiving first-aid.Mr Mishra said that three other people — Aneesh, Fatima and Mursida — who were travelling in a car sustained minor injures, but they did not complain to the police and continued with their journey after getting first-aid. A bike rider, identified as Gulzar (40), also came in contact with the falling girder.The incident took place around 10 am when the steel girder, which was erected for the construction of FOB, fell on passing vehicles at the under-construction Mohan Nagar Metro station. Firemen try to control a fire which broke out in jhuggies at Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on Monday.The DMRC in a statement said five people were injured in the accident
The DMRC announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh for the seriously injured and Rs one lakh for those with minor injuriesMr Mishra said an FIR was lodged against Rohit, the project manager of the sub-contractor, under Section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (causing grievous hurt metric nut Suppliers by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 427 (whoever commits mischief and thereby causes loss or damage to the amount of Rs 50 or upwards) of the IPC.The police said that the condition of Seema (27) and Atul Gaur (30) was “serious” and they were admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Mohan Nagar hospital. The police said that three other people were injured but they did not lodge a complaint and continued on their journey after receiving first-aid.Mr Mishra said that three other people — Aneesh, Fatima and Mursida — who were travelling in a car sustained minor injures, but they did not complain to the police and continued with their journey after getting first-aid. A bike rider, identified as Gulzar (40), also came in contact with the falling girder.The incident took place around 10 am when the steel girder, which was erected for the construction of FOB, fell on passing vehicles at the under-construction Mohan Nagar Metro station. Firemen try to control a fire which broke out in jhuggies at Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on Monday.The DMRC in a statement said five people were injured in the accident
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