Three workers die at high-speed train site as structure crashes in Gujarat | India News – Times of India

VADODARA: Three workers were killed and one injured when a temporary structure made of steel and concrete blocks at a construction site for a high-speed train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad collapsed at Rajupura village near the Mahi river close to the city around 5 pm on Tuesday Vasad in Anand district of Gujarat.
National High Speed ​​Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), which is executing the project, said the steel and concrete blocks used for carrying out foundation work fell and workers became trapped underneath.
“Preliminary information revealed that four workers were trapped under the concrete blocks following which our teams conducted a rescue operation,” Anand SP Gaurav Jasani told TOI.
Two bodies were found at the spot, while two workers were recovered from the rubble and taken to hospital for treatment, where one of them succumbed, district fire officer Dharmesh Gor said. “The NHSRCL team and villagers helped in the rescue operation as the concrete blocks were too heavy,” he added. Cranes and excavators had to be used for the rescue operation.
One of the deceased, Ranjit Yadav, was a resident of Bihar, while the other two, Kanu Dahya Solanki and Prahlal Baria, hailed from Gujarat’s Vasad and Panchmahal respectively. Yadav and Solanki died on the spot, while Baria died during treatment at SSG Hospital in Vadodara. Authorities said an investigation would be conducted to determine the cause of the accident.
In August last year, one worker died and six others were injured when a launch crane crashed at a bullet train construction site in Karjan Taluka, about 40 km from Vadodara.