Hyderabad: The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) on Tuesday began a probe into the incident in which a 24-year-old woman died after a sharp-edged piece of plaster from a wall fell on her at the Ameerpet metro station.
J.K. Garg conducted a preliminary inspection at the accident site along with managing director of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited N.V.S. Reddy and other senior officials, an official release said on Tuesday.
“This is a preliminary inspection. Further inspections will be done in due course and the required engineering tests will be done under the supervision of IIT, Hyderabad,” the HMR said.
A public hearing will be held by CMRS at the Metro Rail Bhavan on October 3, the release added.
The sharp edge of the piece fell on the woman’s head from a height of nine meters and she succumbed to the injury while being taken to a nearby hospital. According to eyewitnesses, the woman was standing under the station when the incident occurred. The victim is a resident of the KPHB here, the officials had said.
Earlier, the Telangana government had also asked the HMR to probed the incident with the help of independent engineering experts and take required remedial measures. Minister for municipal administration and urban development K.T. Rama Rao instructed N.V.S. Reddy to take steps on the matter.
Reddy said that the minister had emphasised that the matter needs to be taken very seriously and that all structures and facilities at metro stations should be minutely checked to prevent such a recurrence.
The MD said that the metro has agreed to pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation to the deceased woman’s family after holding discussions with them.