Jain Trust building in Jaisalmer, a monumental structure that has stood for 250 years JAISALMER: A major accident was narrowly averted in Jaisalmer on Tuesday when a 250-year-old historic building belonging to the Jain Trust suddenly collapsed.The dilapidated structure gave way after excavation work for an allegedly unauthorized basement was carried out at an adjacent…
Hubballi: An elderly woman was injured when an iron rod fell on her from an under-construction flyover at Hosur Circle here on Friday. The injured woman is Yashodha Jahdav, 65, a resident of Tevaramellahalli village in Shiggaon taluk, Haveri district. When Yashodha was walking on a footpath near Pandurangi building, an iron rod fell on…
Gurgaon: Sakatar Singh’s family in Punjab waited for his customary call — the one that always came around 9.30pm. On Thursday, however, the phone hadn’t rung till as late as 11pm. And then, the silence broke in the worst possible way.A colleague called from Faridabad to say a crane had crashed at the construction site…
Times News NetworkChennai: A guest worker died and 48 others were injured after the landing of an iron staircase collapsed at a workers’ accommodation facility in Nandambakkam late on Sunday night, when hundreds of workers gathered on the structure to watch and celebrate the IPL final. They fell from a height of nearly 15ft.Hundreds of…
BUIDCO MD Animesh Kumar Parashar held a meeting with officials on Sunday Patna: With the monsoon season approaching, the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (Buidco) has placed all its officials and employees on high alert. Acting on the directions of managing director Animesh Kumar Parashar, the agency has launched a comprehensive pre-monsoon inspection drive across…
Ahmedabad: To avert fire accidents — like the three that occurred last Thursday and Friday — reworked rules will mandate that new buildings use only standard wiring and have their mechanical, electrical, and plumbing plans approved by designated consultants.Most fires are caused by electrical short circuits. Due to flaws in the current Comprehensive General Development…
Gorakhpur: A 55-year-old labourer died in a horrific accident after an exposed iron rod pierced through his abdomen when he fell into an under-construction drain in Gorakhpur on Tuesday night. The victim writhed in pain for nearly five minutes before locals managed to pull him out and rush him to hospital, where doctors declared him…
