The death toll in Noida’s lift crash incident reached to eight after four more workers succumbed to their injuries on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday after a service lift had a free fall at an under-construction group housing society in Greater Noida West.
A financial compensation of Rs 25 lakh each has been issued for families who lost their lives in the incident, a senior officer said. The victims have been identified as Arbaaz Ali, 19, from Meerut, Kuldeep Pal, 20, from Kannauj, Maan Ali, 20, from Balrampur and Mohammad Ali Khan, 18, from Amroha, police said in a statement on Saturday.
The state-run NBCC is completing the long-stalled project under the monitoring of the Supreme Court.
The lift carrying nine workers fell from the 14th floor of an under-construction tower at an Amrapali Dream Valley project site in Noida Extension on Friday morning.
District Magistrate Manish Verma told PTI, “Four workers had died after the incident on Friday. Five of them were admitted to the district hospital in a critical condition. Of these, four more have succumbed to the injuries while one worker is still undergoing treatment”.
The four workers who died on Friday were identified as Ishtaq Ali, 23, of Bihar’s Balrampur district, Arun Tanti Mandal, 40, of Bihar’s Banka, Vipot Mandal, 45, of Bihar’ Katihar and Aris Khan, 22, of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.
Of the compensation sum, Rs 20 lakh is from NBCC and Rs 5 lakh from the court’s receiver (in the project), Verma said.
The district magistrate further said that NBCC has already handed over the cheques of the compensation for those killed on Friday and that similar compensation would be provided to those who passed away on Saturday.
The district magistrate after meeting the victims said that one worker is currently in critical condition in the ICU of a hospital. He also said that the police are sealing under-construction buildings near the incident spot as a part of the investigation into the case.
When asked about the claims of some workers in regard to inadequate safety measures at the project, Verma said, ”We are looking into these claims and will have all under-construction sites inspected for safety violations. If any laxity is found in this case that will also come to the fore during investigation and suitable action would be taken against those guilty.”
Nine people, including officials of NBCC, were booked for negligence and culpable homicide, among others, in connection with the case after an FIR was lodged on Friday at the local Bisrakh Police Station, according to the police.
Probes have also been launched into the episode by the district administration and the local Greater Noida Authority.
(with PTI inputs)
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