New Delhi, July 13: Recovery operations at Sunday’s Delhi Metro bridge collapse site suffered a serious setback on Monday when three cranes trying to remove the debris toppled with one of them falling on adjacent buildings.
There were no reports of any casualties but reports said six workers were injured in the second mishap in two days at the Metro construction site at Zamroodpur near Amar Colony in South Delhi. It was not clear whether crane operators had escaped or were still trapped inside the heavy equipment.
The six workers were injured when the cranes toppled after the steel “launching girder” that holds up the elevated viaduct also came crashing down during relief operations. They were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
On Sunday morning, pillar number 67 on the under-construction Central Secretariat-Badarpur line near the Lady Shriram College had given way, and with it the bridge being built collapsed along with the launcher.
At least six persons were killed and another 15 injured in yesterday’s accident.
Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan had resigned in the wake of the bridge collapse but Chief Minister Sheila Dixit today made it clear that her government would not accept the resignation.
Today’s mishap occurred during clearing operations being conducted with the help of huge cranes.
Traffic was already stopped on the Zamrudpur-Lady Shriram College route near the busy Nehru Place area.
DMRC has set up a four-member committee to examine reasons for yesterday’s accident and it would submit its report in 10 days.
Describing the accident as “more serious” than the one that happened in Laxmi Nagar last year, Sreedharan had announced his resignation Sunday afternoon, taking “full moral responsibility” for it.
–Agencies