Hyderabad: An under-construction wall on the Phase-2 of T-Hub building in Rai-durgam, collapsed on Monday night, killing two construction workers and injuring two others.
The incident came to light after one of the in-jured workers succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Tuesday. Police said the mishap occurred when a crane carrying ‘centering’ rods was reversing and accidentally hit the wall besides which the workers were working.
A case was booked against the construction company, KPC Constructions Limited, for not taking safety measures at the construction site. The victims were identified as Dilip Kumar Yadav, 40, and Ziyaul Ansari, 22, both hailing from Bihar.
According to police, around 50 labourers were deployed at the T Hub II phase construction site located in Survey no 33 in Raidurgam.
On Monday night, nearly 10 workers were working near the retaining wall. Around 7.30 pm, a crane carrying a bundle of centering rods, each measuring 40mm in width, was shifting them from the stock place to the centering spot. Meanwhile, the workers were bending the rods to assemble the centering rod. Chandra Mohan, the site supervisor, was monitoring the works which were going on in the cellar area around 15 metres from ground level. “In this process, the crane hit the retaining wall which was constructed a few days ago, due to which it collapsed and fell on the workers working next to it, trapping two workers in the debris,” probe officials said.
They were rushed to the hospital, where An-sari was declared ‘brought dead’ and Dileep succumbed in the early hours of Tuesday, while the other two sustained minor bruises.
Manoj Yadav, who was also at the same spot, said they heard a sudden noise and jumped away from the wall.
Based on a complaint by Manoj Yadav, police registered a case against KPC Constructions’ management and the contractor.
“They were working very close to the wall and got trapped under it. We missed it by a fraction,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ziyaul’s cousin Zakir, who was also working at the site, said they were fortunate to escape without any injury in such a major mishap.
The prestigious government project contract was awarded to KPC Projects Private Limited, who in turn gave the contract to one Narayana Reddy.
Sources said that while the crane was carrying the bundle of rods, the cable holding the bundle got loosened and as a result the rods fell on the wall and they all fell on the workers.
Based on a complaint by Manoj Yadav, police registered a case against KPC Constructions’ management and the contractor under charges of causing death due to negligence (IPC 304-a) and causing injuries (IPC 337). The bodies were handed over to the relatives after a post-mortem. The case is under investigation.
