The accident happened early Sunday July 12, 2009 as workers lifted heavy concrete slabs for the bridge, killing 5 persons on spot, those injured are in serious condition.
Television footage and photographs showed one long concrete section, which would have carried the tracks, lying at an angle with one end on the ground and the other on top of a supporting pillar. The massive section had crushed metal beams beneath it. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
In October last year, two people were killed and at least 11 injured in a similar accident. Then, mechanical failure in a launching gantry was blamed for the collapse. The gantry was in use lifting segments for the 11th precast segmental span on a new line being built to connect the city to sports grounds being prepared for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
What are the causes of collapse will be determined later on but the worries we feel are that lack of safety standards have snatched five precious lives.
It is common in Asian Countries that health and safety standards are not followed. This may be due to lack of education or resources in these countries but to thinking for engineers how they keep their projects safe and sound and can ask the concerned authorities for precautionary measures before taking the project in hand.
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