By PTI
THANE: At least six staff had been killed and one other injured when the development elevate in a 40-storey constructing, which is underneath development, collapsed on Sunday night in Balkum space in Thane metropolis of Maharashtra, officers mentioned.
Yasin Tadvi, who heads the catastrophe administration cell of Thane Municipal Corporation, mentioned it was a development elevate and never the common elevator.
“The workers had finished water-proofing work and entered the lift at the 40th floor when the lift came crashing down at around 7:30 pm and landed in P3 (three levels underground in the parking area),” he mentioned.
The constructing is situated off the Ghodbunder Road.
Prima facie, one of many supporting cables of the development elevate snapped, resulting in the incident which occurred at round 5:30 pm, he added.
After receiving the knowledge, a group of Regional Disaster Management Cell and Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the spot and pulled out the employees from the basement parking.
“It was immediately not clear how the lift cable malfunctioned,” Tadvi added.
The deceased labourers have been recognized as Mahendra Choupal (32), Rupesh Kumar Das (21), Harun Sheikh (47), Mithlesh Vishwakarma (35), Kari Das (38), and Navin Vishwakarma.
THANE: At least six staff had been killed and one other injured when the development elevate in a 40-storey constructing, which is underneath development, collapsed on Sunday night in Balkum space in Thane metropolis of Maharashtra, officers mentioned.
Yasin Tadvi, who heads the catastrophe administration cell of Thane Municipal Corporation, mentioned it was a development elevate and never the common elevator.
“The workers had finished water-proofing work and entered the lift at the 40th floor when the lift came crashing down at around 7:30 pm and landed in P3 (three levels underground in the parking area),” he mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The constructing is situated off the Ghodbunder Road.
Prima facie, one of many supporting cables of the development elevate snapped, resulting in the incident which occurred at round 5:30 pm, he added.
After receiving the knowledge, a group of Regional Disaster Management Cell and Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the spot and pulled out the employees from the basement parking.
“It was immediately not clear how the lift cable malfunctioned,” Tadvi added.
The deceased labourers have been recognized as Mahendra Choupal (32), Rupesh Kumar Das (21), Harun Sheikh (47), Mithlesh Vishwakarma (35), Kari Das (38), and Navin Vishwakarma.
