Overview
- Two heavy cranes that became unstable during Monday's storm in Mahalingapuram, Shankarpalli, toppled in sequence and the second crashed onto a shed where about 16 workers had taken shelter.
- Five workers died and 11 were injured, with several in critical condition, and police identified the dead as Ali Hussain, Nagendra, Sajeem, Mukesh Kumar and Sonu, many of them migrants from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
- Police and co-workers pulled survivors from the debris during hours of rescue work, and the bodies were sent to the Chevella government hospital for postmortems.
- Officers registered a case and opened an inquiry, and Chevella DCP Yogesh Gautam said a detailed investigation is underway to determine responsibility.
- Preliminary findings point to possible lapses in securing heavy machinery during bad weather, and a Shankarpally division revenue inspector filed a complaint seeking action against the site’s management and technical staff.