{"id":482869,"date":"2023-08-01T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T05:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=482869"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T05:36:00","slug":"maharashtra-thane-samrudhi-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/maharashtra-thane-samrudhi-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra: 17 dead in crane collapse in Thane, CM Shinde declares Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Thane, Maharashtra, a girder launching machine collapsed, killing at least 17 people and injuring a few others. According to Shahpur police, the machine was used in Phase III of the Samruddhi Express Highway&#8217;s construction. The tragedy happened early on Tuesday morning close to Sarlambe village in Shahpur tehsil, the officials said. According to police, all of the labourers who were working on the third section of the Samruddhi Motorway were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, expressed sorrow for the incident. He announced directions for the state government to pay for the proper treatment of those injured and announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakhs for each of the surviving family members of the deceased on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"mr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0936\u0939\u093e\u092a\u0942\u0930 \u0938\u0930\u0932\u093e\u0902\u092c\u0947 \u092f\u0947\u0925\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0943\u0927\u094d\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0917\u093e\u0935\u0930 \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0928 \u0915\u094b\u0938\u0933\u0942\u0928 \u091d\u093e\u0932\u0947\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0948\u0935\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0918\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u093e \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0948\u0935\u0940 \u0906\u0923\u093f \u0926\u0941\u0903\u0916\u0926\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0906\u0939\u0947. \u092f\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0918\u091f\u0928\u0947\u0924 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e\u092a\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924 \u0967\u096d \u091c\u0923 \u092e\u0930\u0923 \u092a\u093e\u0935\u0932\u0947 \u0906\u0939\u0947\u0924. \u092e\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0917\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0902\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0941\u091f\u0941\u0902\u092c\u093f\u0902\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0947\u0915\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u091a \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u092e\u0926\u0924\u0940\u091a\u0940 \u0918\u094b\u0937\u0923\u093e \u0915\u0947\u0932\u0940 \u0905\u0938\u0942\u0928 \u091c\u0916\u092e\u0940\u0902\u0935\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0924\u0921\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0938\u0915\u0940\u092f \u0916\u0930\u094d\u091a\u093e\u0928\u0947\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Eknath Shinde &#8211; \u090f\u0915\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u0936\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0947 (@mieknathshinde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mieknathshinde\/status\/1686230224978223105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The CM also said, today he is in Pune for the Prime Minister&#8217;s program, and as soon as he heard about the accident, he contacted the district administration and the relevant officials to get further information. It has been ordered to conduct a comprehensive inquiry because this accident is so tragic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to expressing his sadness over the tragic incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 Lakh for the surviving family members and Rs 50,00 for the injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pained by the tragic mishap in Shahapur, Maharashtra. My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are injured. NDRF and local administration are working at the site of the mishap and all possible measures are\u2026<\/p>&mdash; PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\/status\/1686207394962096128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The machine is a special-purpose mobile gantry crane used in bridge construction, an official informed. Precast box girders are installed using it in projects to build highway and high-speed rail bridges. To save the workers, police and fire department officers arrived on the scene. The toll is probably going to go up, the official added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Maharashtra: Rescue and search operation underway by NDRF after a girder machine collapsed in  Thane&#39;s Shahapur <br><br>A total of 15 bodies have been recovered so far and three injured reported: NDRF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fCeBkk4OZ0\">pic.twitter.com\/fCeBkk4OZ0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1686193799951974400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarang Kurve, an assistant commandant of the NDRF, said, that our first team began the rescue effort at about 5:30 a.m. after receiving information about the tragedy around 1:30 a.m. He also said, his team\u2019s rescue and search effort is still in progress. Rescue operations have also utilised sniffer dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | On Girder machine collapse in Thane&#39;s Shahapur. NDRF Assistant Commandant Sarang Kurve, says &quot;We got information about the incident at around 1:30 am and our first team started the rescue operation around 5:30 am. Our search and rescue operation is still underway.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Vt8Uso2e7\">pic.twitter.com\/6Vt8Uso2e7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1686219156801355777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 Lakh for the surviving family members and Rs 50,00 for the injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":482874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,125714],"tags":[159836,159835,255,81102,165,9814],"yst_prominent_words":[6604,7491,28821,9236,4812,7597,3798,3849,3688,3904,4000,10351,20984,15943],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/01110409\/ezgif-2-54b8ec8481-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482869"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=482869"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=482869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->