Calangute:TNNCanacona: A 32-year-old man from Manipur who was severely injured on Tuesday night after he fell onto exposed iron rods of an under-construction drainage at Naikavaddo, Calangute, succumbed to his injuries at GMC early on Wednesday.Police said that Ngashanmi A Shimray, a resident of Caranzalem who worked in Calangute, was injured as exposed rods pierced his body as he fell onto them while walking on a temporary wooden plank placed over a trench to visit a shop at the other end.Calangute police have registered a case of negligence against Ameen Cherkala, the proprietor of Assmas Construction, for allegedly carrying out the drainage work negligently and leaving the rods exposed, leading to Shimray’s death.Police said no safety signs and measures were in place along the construction site.Trenches are being laid through Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) for underground electricity cables, water pipes, drains and footpaths as part of its infrastructure development works on the main road from the market to Bandodkar statue.After the incident, MLA Michael Lobo, who is the chairman of GSIDC, was criticised over the alleged negligence by the contractor.AAP vice-president Manuel Cardozo alleged that it’s a case of negligence by GSIDC and its contractor. “There were no barricades or any supervisor at the spot,” he said.Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira, however, said there are barricades. “That particular spot was kept open to facilitate pedestrians to cross over. The exact circumstances of what happened are not known yet,” he said.
