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Metal rod at metro site falls onto car at Karve road, no casualties reported
There were two people sitting in the front seat, while no one was sitting in the back seat and hence, no injuries were reported
A metal rod, used for metro work, fell onto a car at Karve road on Tuesday evening.
The rod broke the rear windshield of the car. Fortunately, since no one was sitting in the back seat of the car, a major tragedy was averted. Hemant Sonawane, general manager, Pune metro, said, “The incident was reported, but there were no injuries. We have sent a notice to the contractor and the damages will be paid by the contractor to the car owner.”
Metro work on Karve road is currently underway for the Ramwadi-Vanaz route. The car was moving from Paud Phata to Deccan when the incident took place near Sahyadri hotel. The rod, weighing almost 50 kgs, fell on the rear windshield and shattered it.
There were two people sitting in the front seat, while no one was sitting in the back seat and hence, no injuries were reported, added officials.
On January 6 a reinforcement cage of steel weighing over one tonne fell on the pedestrian section of Sangam bridge on Saturday morning. No injuries were reported in the incident, said Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials. This is the fourth such incident reported in two years.
The reinforcement cage which was brought in to build the second half of the pillar for the metro caused almost seven feet of the pedestrian portion of the bridge to come crashing down due to the damage. The contractor has been penalised for the incident as per the contract confirmed officials and that the bridge will be repaired by the Maha-Metro.
In a similar incident in the past, a metro contract labourer lost his life after being run over by a crane in December 2019.
A piling rig came crashing down near Nashik phata in January 2019 and in May 2018, a reinforcement cage was bent near Lakdi bridge.
Although metro officials do promise action against contractors following such incidents, such questions over the safety of the project still remain.
