Worker falls from under-construction building, dies; fifth case in 2 months

NOIDA: A 32-year-old daily wage labourer fell to his death from the 10th floor of an under construction building in Sector 94 on Saturday, making it the fifth “accidental” death in the past two months from the 18-storey Capital City project of Business Park Town Planners (BPTP).

The incident occurred around 8 am when deceased was installing tiles on the 10th floor. According to the police, he accidentally slipped and fell from on steel rods kept on the ground near the under-construction building.

“We received information that a labourer has fallen off the 10th floor. By the time police reached the spot, the site supervisor along and other workers had taken him to a nearby private hospital, where he was declared brought dead. We have sent the body for post mortem and its reports are awaited. Prima facie, it appears he accidentally slipped while working on the 10th floor,” Uday Pratap Singh, station house officer, Sector 39 police station, said.

The deceased was identified as Surjan Gurjar (32), a native of Dausa district in Rajasthan, who was working at the project site for the past six months.

This is the fifth labourer who has died while working at the site.

On October 7, four labourers had fallen to their death and five others were injured after the scaffolding on the side the building had collapsed.