Ahmedabad: Water tank slab collapses, eight injured

Ahmedabad | Tuesday | 20th August, 2019

Summary:

Eight labourers suffered minor injuries after a slab of the water tank collapsed on the labourers working at the construction site of an underground water tank on Monday. The incident took place in the Nikol area of the city at around 3.20 pm. According to the sources, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had started the construction work of the underground water tank a couple of months ago. Chief Fire Officer, MF Dastoor said, "The incident took place after the top slab on the underground water got collapsed while the work was going on. According to the investigation officials, it is suspected that weak materials were used in construction work after which the slab collapsed..