Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court had issued notices to the State government and Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited after a writ petition was filed by a woman seeking compensation of ₹1.7 crore from them, alleging that she sustained a serious head injury due to their negligence during the construction of Metro Rail in 2017.
Through her petition, Uzma Hafeez of Rein Bazaar in Old City, requested the Bench to instruct the government, HMRL and L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited to pay ₹60 lakh interim compensation. The 44-year-old woman stated that she was pillion riding at Nampally on March 11, 2017, when a steel rod from the under-construction HMR fell on her head.
She was shifted to a private hospital, and an FIR was issued by Nampally police. She also stated in her petition that she was in coma for five days and had an operation after that. The injury caused serious health problems resulting in seizures, memory loss for short periods and imbalance in walking, the petition said.
