At least 17 workers killed in western India after a crane collapsed on an under-construction expressway outside the financial capital Mumbai, disaster response officials say
Press Trust of India reported the crane is used to install precast box girders while building highway and high-speed rail bridges. / Photo: AFP
At least 17 workers have been crushed to death in western India when a crane collapsed on an under-construction expressway outside the financial capital Mumbai, disaster response officials said. The crane toppled onto large concrete slabs during the night, with debris then smashing down as labourers worked on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra state, India's National Disaster Response Force said on Tuesday.An NRDF video clip showed rescuers working through piles of mangled steel girders at the construction site in Thane, in the suburbs of Mumbai.
The Samruddhi Expressway, connecting Mumbai with the city of Nagpur, is part of an expansive road infrastructure push in one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to inaugurate infrastructure projects in Maharashtra on Tuesday, said he was"pained" by the deaths and ordered compensation be paid to the families of the dead and injured workers.In October last year, 130 people died in Gujarat when a bridge collapsed soon after it was repaired.My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives," Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office said in a post on X social media.
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