Overview
- The piling rig that toppled on the Sion–Panvel Highway Tuesday killed Constable Santosh Gopal Chavan as he rode home past the Mankhurd flyover work zone.
- Police registered an FIR for alleged negligence against the contractor and crew, naming SFAR Infratech and Lifting and Lashing Solution India along with engineers, a site supervisor, the operator and a helper.
- Investigators said the machine was on uneven ground and not secured, and a senior officer said the operator had parked it improperly before leaving the spot.
- BMC said a preliminary inquiry found the rig fell during unloading on unstable ground and on Friday it fined the contractor ₹1 crore for basic safety lapses.
- Traffic choked key eastern corridors after the crash, but debris was cleared by Wednesday evening and movement largely returned to normal as the civic body kept the work order to avoid delaying the flyover.