manoj

A ROAD near the Siri Fort Auditorium caved in on Wednesday (6Dec'06). Two vehicles fell into the huge crevice left by the cave-in at 3.30 p.m. Two people were injured in the incident.

A Maruti van was the first to fall into the pit followed by a Toyota Innova.

The driver of the Maruti car did not suffer any injuries. There were no passengers in it. The driver of the Toyota car and a passenger travelling in it suffered minor injuries.

Traffic police had to call in cranes to pull out the trapped vehicles.The road, which connects the Asiad village with August Kranti Marg, runs over a drain.

The police blamed the Public Works Department, which had dug the road recently, for the cave-in. After carrying out underground repairs, the civic agency covered the pit it had dug with loose mud.

“Officials who oversaw the road’s construction will be questioned. Also other factors that could have led to the cave-in would be looked into. People will be charged only after the investigation is complete,” said Anil Shukla, Deputy Commissioner of Police, south.

DEEP IMPACT


The road near the Siri Fort auditorium (above) caved in around 3.30 p.m. Two cars (a Maruti van, left, and a Toyota Innova) were trapped in the crater formed due to the incident. There were, however, no casualties in either of the car. Moreover, the bylane is not very busy. Traffic police had to call in cranes to pull out the trapped vehicles.

Source: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com (Delhi Edition)
Date Of Publish: 07-Dec-06

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prem

I was stuck there in traffic jam last evening around 6:30 P.M. when I was returning from my office and it took around 30 minutes to come out from that traffic chaos......