IN PHOTOS: Man injured after Railway safety wall collapses near Thane station

A portion of a Railway safety wall collapsed near a platform at Thane station on Friday morning amid rains, injuring a 62-year-old man, civic officials said. Pics/RDMC

Updated On: 2024-06-28 04:48 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

The elderly man was pulled out of the debris and shifted to a hospital, the officials said. Pics/RDMC

The 60 x 20 feet wall caved in near Platform No. 2 at the busy train station on the Central Railway route at around 11.45 am, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)

The wall fell on a pedestrian who was passing by on an adjacent road, injuring him, he said

The man, Narendra Koli (62), was rushed to the Kalwa Civic Hospital where he is undergoing treatment, said Tadvi

Thane Fire Brigade and Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) personnel later cleared the debris, he said

Meanwhile, in an another incident, Three labourers are feared trapped after an under-construction wall collapsed in southwest Delhi's Vasant Vihar area, officials said on Friday

According to the officials of the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call regarding a wall collapse was received at 5.30 am and five fire tenders were pressed into service

Three construction workers are feared to be trapped in the mud slush but the exact numbers are yet to be ascertained, a senior police officer said

Rescue teams of NDRF, DDMA, civics agencies, fire and police are on the spot and efforts are underway to rescue them, he added

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