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.
Delhi's Rohini Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the bail plea of Ashutosh Bhardwaj for Thursday, one of the seven accused in the Kanjhawala death case.
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF ) personnel saved the life of a woman who was reportedly standing 'close' to the edge of the track at a metro station, CISF said in an official statement.
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) on Monday said it completed the interim distribution pay-out for Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon South (RMGSL), an IL&FS Group company.
Delhi Government on Sunday issued a notice inviting an e-Tender to provide National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) compliant digital ticketing solutions across all its Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) operated buses.
Claudia Sheinbaum expressed solidarity with the people undergoing treatment in hospitals and the relatives of the young woman who died in the train collision.
Delhi Metro services from from HUDA City Centre to Sultanpur (Yellow Line) was from 11.30 pm on Saturday to enable scheduled track maintenance work, said an official statement from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Saturday.