3 dead, 2 hurt in Dahisar wall collapse

The injured are being treated at Harilal Bhagwati hospital in Borivli (W). According to Dr Mahajan, assistant medical officer, the three persons were declared dead before admission while the injured are out of danger and one kept under observation due to severe head injuries.

The police have not registered any case yet while they have taken into custody the son of the contractor P N Singh who undertook the civil work near the wall.

All the workers at the site were from thesame family and nearly 40 of them hailed from Manora taluka of Akola district. They had been working in Dahisar for the last eight months and stayed in a slum colony behind the Dahisar bus station.

One of the workers at the site Waman Chavan blamed the absence of proper footing for the wall which came down. “It was constructed from the ground level and the four feet trench which was being constructed could not hold the wall’s weight.”

Lack of job opportunities in Akola had forced the Chavan, Rathod and Pawar families to shift to Mumbai. Namdeo Pawar stated that all were working for the PN Constructions, which undertook the civil work, for a long time and been loyal to the firm because of regular work.

Pawar termed the collapse as `god’s wrath’ adding that after dragging their dead and injured he has no will or strength to work at the site.