India, May 3 -- Five days after a 200-tonne crane toppled on the Sion-Panvel Highway in Mankhurd, killing a 48-year-old police constable, another fatal construction accident has claimed two lives, this time at the under-construction Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road (DBLR) in Bhayander West, intensifying concerns over safety lapses at large-scale infrastructure projects across Mumbai.

Two labourers were killed on Saturday afternoon when a crane collapsed at the project site near Bhayander West railway station. According to the police, the contractor was in the process of setting up a casting yard for the link road project when the accident occurred around 12.30 pm. The platform of a gantry crane at the site suddenly gave way, causing the heavy...