AHMEDABAD: Twenty-eight years after a man lost his life due to a footpath slab over a drain collapsing, a local court ordered the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to pay compensation of Rs 3.62 lakh with interest to the victim’s children, holding that the body had been negligent about keeping the footpath in good condition.
The accident took place on September 29, 1994, when a 28-year-old scooter mechanic, Raju Parmar, was standing outside his garage on the AMC footpath with his two assistants. The footpath was built over a stormwater drain near Bhulabhai crossroads. The footpath slab gave way, and all three fell into the drain. Parmar died and his assistants suffered injuries.
