Mumbai Metro Line 4 construction accident kills two workers at Wadala

Two construction workers died at a Mumbai Metro Line 4 construction site in Wadala last Saturday after the iron staging they were using to descend from the first floor collapsed.

The incident occurred at the Bhakti Park station construction site, where the workers were engaged in the ongoing Metro project.

Metro Line 4, also known as the Green Line, is a 32.32-km elevated corridor connecting Wadala with Kasarvadavali in Thane. It has 30 stations.

The deceased were identified as Nahij, 33, and Sakim, 37. Both were working as centering workers at the Bhakti Park site near the Monorail station.

According to a police complaint filed by their colleague Safiqul Mukhtar Hussain, the workers had reported for duty at around 8.30am and were scheduled to work until 7pm.

Steel construction and carpentry work was being carried out on the first floor.

As the workers prepared to leave at around 7pm, it began raining and they started gathering their material.

“At around 7:30pm, Nahij and Sakim were going down from the iron staging built for construction. As they were coming down, the staging broke and they both fell and were seriously injured,” Hussain said in his complaint.

The injured workers were taken to Sion Hospital in private vehicles. Nahij was declared brought dead, while Sakim was admitted to the ICU and died during treatment later that night.

Wadala TT police registered an FIR against site supervisor Tarikh Ul Islam under Section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing death by negligence.

The incident is the second fatal accident reported on Metro Line 4. In February, a concrete parapet slab collapsed at a Mulund construction site, killing one person and injuring three others.

The same contractor, subcontractor and consultant involved in the Mulund work were also involved in the Bhakti Park construction.

The two sections were being constructed by Reliance Infrastructure and Astaldi SPA Joint Venture. The joint venture had subcontracted the work at both sites to Milan Road Buildtech.

The Metro line’s consultant is a joint venture of DB Engineering & Consulting, Hill International and Louis Berger.

According to Milan Group’s website, the subcontracted CA-08 package covering the Wadala to Amar Mahal Junction stretch has a revised cost of Rs 996.96 crore. The original cost was Rs 540 crore.

MMRDA rules stipulate that safety-lapse incidents should attract a fine equivalent to 1 per cent of the contract cost on both the contractor and consultant.

Following the February incident, the contractor was fined Rs 5 crore and the consultant Rs 1 crore.

MMRDA had not issued a public statement on the latest deaths five days after the incident, according to the report.