A construction worker, Achchhelal Amire Kol (23), died on Sunday afternoon when a concrete loft collapsed at Satara railway station. The loft was part of the construction of the parcel office building, and it was being installed when it fell on Kol. The incident occurred while Kol was removing a plywood...
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sheet beneath the loft. A similar incident, involving the collapse of a loft during the same construction project, injured another worker just two weeks earlier, raising concerns about safety protocols. The incident has sparked demands for a high-level investigation and criminal charges against those responsible. The president of the Satara Railway Passengers Association and former member of the Satara Railway Station Advisory Committee, Vikas Kadam, called for compensation for the deceased worker's family and mandatory accident insurance for all construction workers involved in the project.