A “big spark” in the electricity pole providing power to the girder launcher preceded its collapse during the construction of a viaduct for the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Thane district a day ago, in which at least 20 persons were killed, police said on August 2.
The incident occurred sometime after July 31 midnight at Sarlambe village in Shahapur tehsil, around 80 km from Mumbai, they said.
Hours later, the police registered an offence against Navayuga Engineering company in connection with the incident in which 20 persons, including 10 labourers, were crushed to death and three others injured, an official said.
