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Police person registered a lawsuit against the executing bureau and contractor of the Betwa stream span successful Hamirpur, wherever a concrete slab collapsed sidesplitting six labourers, officials said connected Saturday (May 30, 2026). They person been accused of negligence and laxity successful the execution of authorities work, constabulary said.
The lawsuit was lodged connected Friday (May 29, 2026) nighttime astatine Kurara constabulary presumption connected a ailment filed by State Bridge Corporation Deputy Project Manager Dilip Kumar against executing bureau proprietor Pawan Pratap Singh and contractor Nitish Kumar. One Assistant Engineer has already been suspended successful transportation with the incidental connected charges of negligence.
According to police, the incidental occurred astir 3 a.m. connected the intervening nighttime of May 28 and 29 erstwhile a slab of span nether operation betwixt Parsani and Kandaur villages collapsed amid a terrible storm, sidesplitting six labourers and injuring 3 others. Several labourers engaged successful the span operation enactment were sleeping connected the precocious information of a slab erstwhile it abruptly gave way.
The span is being constructed implicit the Betwa stream astir 25 km from Hamirpur town. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex gratia of ₹5 lakh each for the families of the deceased and ₹50,000 each for the injured.
