Hi All,

Notwithstanding clear instructions or method statements to workers on how to
address the job at hand properly, has anybody any idea if labor standards
are being properly adhered to?

if yes, what are the basic requirements? are levels of pay to workers
ensured?

It appears like the wage an worker gets on one of these sites is about a
100US a month and I expect this is the same across the board on DMRC
projects.

so would it be safe to say, you get what you pay for? a few more dropped
girders and toppled cranes shouldn't surprise us really, should they? or
can the ingenuity of the contractor be deemed enough to mitigate this?

I dread to think, how these accidents would be avoided on the upcoming
Mumbai metro, a city where not-so-cheap lives even are lost quite cheaply on
a routine basis.

Regards

Anand

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ashish Vashisht
<ashishvashisht@...>wrote:

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> Hello Shashi,
>
> Apparently there has been another accident on the site. This time three
> cranes trying to move the girder collapsed. Here are some dramatic videos.
> Clearly there were some more injuries - one injured man is shown carried
> away and there could well be others. The slipshod manner in which such heavy
> loads are lifted is obvious.
>
> Another mishap at Metro accident site (NDTV)
> http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1134753
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> After Metro bridge collapse, now 3 cranes topple (TOI)
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/4771712.cms
>
> Satyakam and Mac, both DMRC as well as the contractors (Gammon) are equally
> responsible. For Gammon, this is not the first time. There has been an
> accident in Hyderabad where a flyover fell on Gammon's watch. That and many
> other accidents at the Delhi Metro sites should have been a wake up call for
> DMRC, which is the regulatory authority overseeing the construction.
>
> Regards,
> Ashish
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>
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