Panel to probe cause of mishap that left 3 dead at bullet train site

The committee will visit the site to examine the safety measures while also delving into the design and execution of the ongoing well foundation work to determine the cause of the accident. Sources said that the committee will submit its primary report within two weeks and a final report within 30 days.

The NHSRCL will also review the safety aspects during the construction of the 508-km corridor based on the recommendations of the four-member committee, sources said.

Following the accident on Tuesday, NHSRCL MD Vivek Gupta, in a statement, had said that an inquiry would be conducted as the “site is a restricted, barricaded area” where no one is allowed to venture. Gupta had said that the inquiry would ascertain how the workers reached the spot where the high-tension strands balancing the metal frames are said to have snapped, leading to the collapse of the concrete blocks.

While three workers were killed, a fourth injured worker is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital and is said to be “recovering well”.

Meanwhile, Rajupura village, where the incident occurred, bid a tearful adieu to Kanu Solanki, one of the deceased workers and a local resident.

On Wednesday, Solanki’s last rites were held in his village, with hundreds of villagers attending the rituals even as his family remained inconsolable. Solanki’s body was handed over to his family on Wednesday morning, following an autopsy as the Anand district police had lodged a case of accidental death.

The NHSRCL, on Tuesday, had said that it had given an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the kin of the deceased workers through online transfer.