Metro structure crash victim left late to office on fateful day
The Hindu
Family members blame metro authorities for negligence
Bengaluru
Tejaswini, 28, and her two-and-a-half-year-old son, victims of the metro structure collapse on Tuesday morning, could have been saved if they had left for office on time, said the victim’s sister Sushma.
“Unfortunately, Tejaswini, who was working at a private company in Manyata Tech Park, was late by half an hour to office on Tuesday and became the victim,” Ms. Sushma told The Hindu.
Tejaswani, along with her husband Lohith Kumar, 33, and their twins (a son and a daughter), were on a bike going to office while also dropping their twins to school, which is also on the tech park premises.
“Tejaswini usually is at office by 10 a.m., but on Tuesday, they were running late and met with the accident at 10.30 a.m. It is a clear negligence of authorities that I lost my sister and her baby (Vihan),” Ms. Sushma added.
Lohith Kumar is working as a civil engineer and his daughter Vismita, one of the twins, escaped with injuries and is being treated at a private hospital in HBR Layout. The family was residing in Horamavu.
The family hails from Gadag district. Meanwhile, Lohith’s father Vijayakumar urged the government to punish the officials who are responsible for the death of his daughter-in-law and grandson. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Vijayakumar said, “I don’t have words to express myself. Never expected that I will lose my daughter-in-law and grandson. I want those responsible for the death to be punished.”
Ambassador of Finland to India Kimmo Lähdevirta on Tuesday said Finnish companies “face issues” in Tamil Nadu due to regulations that prevent their participation in tendering processes. Interacting with senior journalists of The Hindu at its head office in Chennai, he said certain regulations imposed by the State government were limiting.