12 July,2009 08:58 AM IST | | Agencies
Three people were killed and eleven other injured when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation collapsed near Lajpat Nagar early Sunday morning.
Fire Brigade officials said a pillar holding up the overhead railway tracks collapsed near the Lady Sri Ram College around 5:00 am. The labourers working at the site came under the concrete slabs that came crashing down.
According to eyewitnesses more than 25 labourers were working at the site when the incident occurred.
The falling structure has caused a major pipeline burst, hampering rescue operations. The Fire brigade officials are saving the people trapped under the debris while lifting the heavy concrete slabs with the help of cranes.
Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal told the media that it was a structural collapse. "We are investigating the matter."
"It appears there is a problem in design of the peer of the bridge. We were trying to rectify it," he said.
In November last year, a three year old was injured when an iron bar from an under-construction pillar fell on her near Moolchand flyover. About a year ago, in July last year, a malfunctioning crane at a metro construction site near Ram Manohar Lohia hospital dropped a four tonne iron beam on a passing Tavera car.
In August 2007 A crane driver died after a concrete block fell on him due to a "technical failure" at a Delhi Metro construction site in Mayur Vihar in east Delhi.
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