CM Devendra Fadnavis

PUNE: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an inquiry into the wall collapse and has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the deceased and Rs 25,000 for those injured.

The CM also instructed the administration to take "preventive measures for the safety of construction workers" and asked Pune collector Naval Kishore Ram to ensure that the bodies of the deceased individuals are flown back to their families in Bihar . Fadnavis said the labour minister and Pune guardian minister, along with district administration, should fix responsibility for the accident and relocate other workers staying at the camp.

Meanwhile, Naval Kishore Ram has formed a team - comprising additional collector, a police officer, PWD official, PMC official and a town planning department official - to investigate and submit a report on permissions taken. He is also in touch with the collectors from the native districts of the deceased/injured workers in Bihar to get the list legal heirs into whose accounts the ex gratia amount will be deposited.

