KOCHI: The pier portion of an under-construction Metro pillar buckled on Saturday afternoon triggering panic among the people.
Following this, the workers were immediately evacuated from the work site.
According to Renan Pillai, the owner of a shop nearby, it was around 3 pm the steel structure for constructing the pier portion tilted on its side. “Soon, the workers were evacuated from the area and traffic was blocked for a while. It triggered panic among the people and passers-by. However, after ensuring the pier will not collapse, traffic was restored,” he said.
Barely hours later, the DMRC team steadied the leaning portion with the help of heavy-duty crane. “We steadied the structure by around 5 pm and there is nothing to worry now. The construction work was not affected. The engineers visited the site ,” a DMRC spokesman said.The Kochi Metro spokesperson though pleaded ignorance about the incident. “Since the construction activities are carried out by the DMRC, we are not clued in on the incident. The DMRC may report the matter to us later,” the spokesperson said.