Bantwal: Huge Iron Beams Used For Fourlane Works at NH-18 Collapse Injuring Four
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (SB)
Pics Mounesh Vishwakarma
 
Bantwal, Aug 23: Huge iron beams used for concretization of the fourlane flyover under construction on National Highway-48 (NH-48) near B C Road here collapsed on Saturday August 22 night injuring four labourers on the spot.

The labourers have been identified as Shameer, Mithun, Bachchan and Mohan. Among the four Bachchan has been grievously injured. All the four have been admitted to a hospital in Mangalore. 

The mishap occurred when the works of concretizing through filling the cement and jelly stones into the huge iron beams erected with the help of crane to join the huge pillars of the fourlane flyover was under progress in front of the Pinto Complex here. Amid the works, the temporary pillars supporting the huge iron beams collapsed resulting in buckling down of the iron beams. 

Locals say that if the accident had occurred during the daylight the damage would have been greater. The mishap has created fears in the minds of the people as works of connecting the huge pillars that support the flyover is under progress and there are over ten pillars that need to be connected through concretization