Metro tunnel work: Slurry gushes into house, family evacuated

This is the second such incident to have occurred in recent days

The ongoing metro tunnel work is giving sleepless nights to some residents in Shivajinagar. In the second such incident, slurry gushed into a house opposite Government V.K.O. School in the wee hours on Tuesday, forcing six of the family to move out of the house. One of the elderly members, who is paralysed and on oxygen support, had to be shifted to a relative’s house after the incident. Naseema Banu, a resident of the affected house, said, “On Monday night, the metro people had come with some machines. They did some tests related to tunnel work. We did not face any problem. Around 4 a.m., we started feeling some vibrations and slurry water started oozing out from the ground into one of the rooms. My aged sister, who is paralysed, was in the room. We immediately shifted her to one of our relatives’ houses. Within no time, the entire house filled with slurry water and through the main door, it started flowing on the road.” Ms. Banu said that metro officials assured them of providing accommodation and agreed to bear the cost.