JAMMU, Aug. 25 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Jammu, has clarified that an unfortunate incident occurred on Tuesday at the construction site of Package-15 of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra (DAK) Expressway, near Village Jakh, Tehsil Vijaypur in District Samba.
At the Rayamore elevated highway project, an elevated structure comprising 14 spans, with each span consisting of 15 segments, is under construction. Of the 14 spans, 10 spans have been successfully launched.
NHAI said the launching work on the 11th span is currently in progress. During the lifting of the end portion of one of the segments, the segment slipped from the launching machine and fell to the ground. Regrettably, one worker lost his life in the untoward inci...