Three construction workers were killed and several injured as a section of a building under construction collapsed at 10 am on Wednesday morning in Pune. The workers fell from 10th floor, which was still under construction, according to police on the spot.
The deceased have been identified as Prakash Sav, 26, Dulaji Paswa, 28 and Mithun Singh, 22, all from Jharkhand, according to the local corporator.
Pate Construction, a local builder, is developing the site in a residential area behind Navshya Maruti temple in Dattawadi.
MLA from the area Madhuri Misal and local corporator Priya Gadade were present at the site.
“The concerned authorities need to carry out regular checks on these sites. When the company signs the contract, the security of workers is its responsibility, not the labour contractor’s,” Misal said.
“We will go ahead with investigation prescribed by the law. We have to check if the builder had taken all the necessary precautions,” Gadade said.
Ganga Prakash Dandeme, an employee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s construction department, who was also present on the spot, claimed that the builder has a permit to construct 12 floors.