Two of them are laborers who drowned while laying pipes for a residential layout in Bengaluru
Two of them are laborers who drowned while laying pipes for a residential layout in Bengaluru
Heavy rains lashed Karnataka on Tuesday, killing six people, three of them in Bengaluru, in separate incidents.
Two contract laborers died while laying water pipes for residential layout in Jana Bharti, while another worker slipped from 40 feet high roof of a building in Sompura Industrial Layout of Dubspet.
Two laborers identified as 23-year-old Ankit Kumar Sahni from Bihar and 37-year-old Dev Bharat Kushwaha from Uttar Pradesh were forced to work overtime during the rains and their colleague Triloki also tried in vain. to take them out. The complainant Triloki also alleged that despite informing the project manager, site engineer and labor contractor, they came to the site the very next day to drain the water and take out the bodies.
Police arrested project manager Shiv Kumar; Harish Reddy, Site Engineer; Manoj Yadav, Labor Contractor; and Narasimharaju, HR manager of Mega Engineering and Infrastructure Estate (MEIL), accused him of causing death by negligence.
Stop request was ignored
Triloki told the police that he along with eight others was laying pipes near Ullal Lake for the fifth phase of Cauvery work by MEIL. The laborers stopped work when it started raining at 4 pm on Tuesday. The accused Shivakumar, Harish Reddy and Manoj Yadav reached the spot and asked Triloki, Ankit and Dev Bharat to stay till 9 pm to finish the work, and asked the others to go home.
Triloki alleged that his request to finish the pending work the next day citing bad weather went in vain and he was asked to finish the work by 9 pm. Ankit and Dev Bharat then come to the pipe, while Triloki is asked to help them with the necessary equipment. There was no ladder to climb down, and the 6-foot-deep pipe opening was as narrow as 2 feet.
While they were cultivating, rain water started flowing into the pipe. Both the laborers tried to climb up, but they drowned as there was no ladder. Triloki tries to pull them up, but fails. He shouted for help, but no one was around. He did not have a mobile phone to inform the labor contractor.
At around nine o’clock in the night, another laborer Pawan came to the spot and both informed the accused. However, they reached the site only at 6 am on Wednesday. Triloki told the police that the water was then pulled out and the bodies were pulled out.
worker falling from the roof
A worker died after slipping off the roof of a chemical factory in Dubspet. The deceased, 54-year-old Sakana, a resident of Bargenahalli in Sompura, had joined Organic Aromatic Chemicals a few days back. On Tuesday, while he was cleaning the roof sheets, and clearing the stagnant water, he slipped and was seriously injured from a height of 40 feet. Sakanna, who did not have a protective cover, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
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Pre-monsoon clouds over Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on May 16, 2022. This summer, it has been raining in Bangalore since April. As a result, the average temperature has been below normal and the city has been relatively cooler this summer.
On the evening of May 17, 2022, due to heavy rains, Mysore Road was flooded.
Commuters and pedestrians put themselves at risk when walking in flooded areas due to the possibility of falling into open manholes or drains.
You can get an idea of the depth of the water accumulated on Mysore Road in Bengaluru on the evening of 17th May 2022.
You can never tell how many death traps are hidden under this water
People get out in their private vehicles.
The risks were detected in the morning. On May 18, 2022, in Bengaluru, a section of road around Namma Metro pillar #489 on Mysuru Road, near Bangalore University Junction, was washed away after heavy overnight rain.
Two persons were washed away during heavy rain while working inside a giant pipe, which is part of BWSSB’s Kaveri 5th Phase Drinking Water Pipeline Project, on the double road of BDA Layout, Ullal suburb in western part of Bengaluru, on May 18, 2022 . ,
A third person, who had been working with the duo on a pipeline project in the suburb of Ulala, was lucky enough to escape their fate. But, how can the Karnataka government and BBMP solve the problem of floods in Bengaluru during every heavy rain, causing people to die or lose their homes and belongings.
Dabaspete police have registered a case of death due to negligence against the factory owner. He is survived by his wife and two daughters aged nine and six.
wall fell on youth
A 28-year-old youth died on the spot when the wall of a school collapsed in Ranganahalli in Hassan district on Wednesday. Shivakumar, a native of MK Hosur in Channarayapatna, was taking shelter next to the wall when it collapsed. Villagers say that the wall has weakened due to incessant rains.
2 die due to lightning
Two people were killed, while two bullocks, a cow, 19 goats and 11 sheep were killed in various parts of Karnataka’s Kalyan region on Tuesday evening due to lightning.
Two farmers, 49-year-old Parvati Nandakumar in Khatak Chincholi in Bidar district and 38-year-old Bhimanna Hirekurubara at Mangihal in Yadgir district were the deceased.
Elia, 35, a farmer, was injured by lightning and was taken to a hospital at Antavaram in Kalaburagi district.