A total of 14 people have sustained minor injuries after a span (65mt long | 8.5 mt wide) on the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) Phase 1 Extension project at the MTNL junction/arm in BKC tilted at one side around 4:40 am on September 17, said Manjunath Singe, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 8).
The injured workers were rushed to V.N. Desai Hospital in Santacruz (East).
Doctors said that the condition of the injured identified as Anil Singh (28), Arvind Singh (29), Azhar Ali (26), Mustafa Ali (28), Riyazuddin Ali (23), Motallab Ali (28), Riyaz Ali (21), Atish Ali (22), Akbar Ali (25), Shravan (49), Rais Ali (22), Aziz-Ul-Huq (29), Parvez (22) and Shrimand (25) is stable.
Shri S.V.R Srinivas, IAS, Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA, was immediately present at the site after the incident for inspection.
The Metropolitan Commissioner said, “MMRDA is very strict when it comes to quality of work & safety of workers. We have set up a detailed inquiry regarding this and based on the report, necessary action will be taken”.
