New Delhi: A 40-year-old man died after part of a roof lintel fell on him inside a factory at southeast Delhi’s Okhla on Saturday. One of the labourers informed police that eight people were working ...
Lifting of lintel with jacks is illegal but building owners prefer this over installing a new beam as its saves time and money. A day after four persons died and seven others got injured as the roof ...
The workers were lifting a lintel (roof beam) with heavy machinery when the equipment slipped and a portion of the beam fell on a wall, which collapsed on the labourers, official said.