4 workers killed as lift falls at under-construction society in Greater Noida

Four workers died Friday after a service lift had a free fall at an underconstruction group housing society in Greater Noida West also known as Noida Extension police saidFive other workers suffered injuries and were admitted to the district hospital in critical condition the police said in a statementThe incident took place around 830 am at the underconstruction site of Amrapali Dream Valley Society the police said adding that the longstalled project is being completed by the staterun NBCCAccording to a police official the service lift that was carrying the workers from the ground floor had a free fall from the fourteenth floorDistrict Magistrate Manish Verma said Four workers died in the incident while five others were hospitalised in a critical conditionVerma who visited the injured at the hospital and inspected the underconstruction site as well said the matter is being investigated and action would be ensured against anyone found guiltyWe will recommend financial compensation for the victims as per the law and guidelines of the Labour Code The matter is under investigation as of now Verma told PTIThe deceased workers have been identified as Ishtaq Ali 23 of Bihars Balrampur district Arun Tanti Mandal 40 of Bihars Banka Vipot Mandal 45 of Bihar Katihar and Aris Khan 22 of Amroha district in Uttar PradeshThose injured have been identified as Asul Mustaqeem Abdul Mustaqeem Kuldeep Pal Kaif Arbaaz Ali natives of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh the police saidOfficials of the construction company could not be immediately contacted for their responseOther senior officers including Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh and Greater Noida Authority CEO NG Ravi Kumar also visited the site for inspectionThe incident comes within 50 days from the death of a 72yearold woman in a group housing society in Noida inside a lift that malfunctioned The woman possibly died of a heart attackUttar Pradesh currently does not have any law to regulate the installation maintenance or usage of lifts even as residents in Noida and Greater Noida have been raising demands for it time and againAfter the elderly womans death UP Power Minister A K Sharma had informed the state assembly on August 10 that the promulgation of the Lift and Escalator Act in the state was under processThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever