Portion of Rs 80 cr under-construction bridge collapses in MP's Shivpuri; 6 labourers injured
Shivpuri, Jun 15 (PTI): A portion of an under-construction overbridge collapsed in Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, leaving six labourers injured, an official said.
The incident took place at 1pm near a bus stand and railway level crossing along Pohri highway, he added.
"No one was working below the portion that collapsed, which averted major casualties. The six injured labourers have been hospitalised. They were laying concrete on the bride, which is being built at a cost of Rs 80 crore," he said.
He said the Madhya Pradesh Public Works Department (MPPWD) has given the bridge building contract to a firm called Subham Construction, they added.
The company's construction quality control official Praveen Pandey told reporters the accident occurred due to a technical fault.
"Excessive vibration was applied beyond permissible limits, causing the structure to become unstable and collapse," he said.
Kotwali police station in charge Kripal Singh Rathore said a a notice has been issued to the construction agency.
"A technical investigation is underway. Legal action will be taken based on the findings," Rathore added.
Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: A portion of a railway overbridge collapsed, injuring around six workers. One of them is in critical condition and has been shifted to the district hospital for treatment pic.twitter.com/PVJlUqgTVd
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Karnataka Cabinet ratifies decisions on internal reservation for SCs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka Cabinet has ratified its earlier decisions on internal reservation for Scheduled Castes and approved key modifications to streamline recruitment, including withdrawal and reissue of notifications and adoption of a 400-point roster system.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday said the Cabinet reaffirmed its commitment to implementing internal reservation within the 15 per cent SC quota and expediting long-pending recruitment across departments.
"The Cabinet ratified decisions taken in earlier meetings (April 16 and April 24) and made modifications regarding reservation policies," Patil said.
He said the government will implement internal reservation within the 15 per cent quota for Scheduled Castes in specified proportions and revise recruitment notifications accordingly, with a 400-point roster to be followed.
If fewer than three roster points for SC arise in recruitment, then all 101 Scheduled Caste communities will be allowed to compete under SC general, he said.
Patil added that recruitment notifications issued without incorporating internal reservation will be withdrawn and reissued in line with the revised policy.
"If the Supreme Court approves 24 per cent reservation for SC/ST, six per cent backlog posts will be filled," he said, noting that urgent steps will be taken to fill 56,432 approved posts.
The latest decision follows the Cabinet's April 24 resolution that cleared a revised internal reservation formula within the overall 15 per cent SC quota, paving the way for long-pending government recruitment. The government had approved 5.25 per cent reservation each for the "right-hand" and "left-hand" groups, and about 4.5 per cent for other Scheduled Castes, including nomadic communities.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had then said the categorisation was worked out proportionately within the constitutional ceiling. "From tomorrow onwards, the recruitment process will begin with the issuance of notifications," he had said after the April 24 Cabinet meeting.
He also noted that the SC quota was fixed at 15 per cent and ST at three per cent in line with the 50 per cent cap laid down in the Indra Sawhney case, while pointing out that the Supreme Court had permitted internal reservation within constitutional limits.
