The contractor in charge of the Metro pillar construction in Bengaluru, where the collapse of an under-construction metro pillar claimed two lives, didn't take safety measures, alleged the father-in-law of the woman who died in the incident on Tuesday.
"A pillar fell on the road and a woman and her child were badly injured and died. It is very unfortunate. Will provide Rs 20 lakh ex-gratia to the kin of the victims," the MD said.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the government would conduct an inquiry into the under-construction metro pillar collapse incident in Bengaluru which claimed two lives.
"Karnataka Chief Minister must resign. It's a clear case of poor work and people have succumbed to it. Now, people of Bengaluru and Karnataka are fed up," Congress MLA Sowmya Reddy said.