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Five engineers hurt in freak mishap at Navi Mumbai airport site

Cidco officials say the victims were hurt when pieces of loose rock fell on them

Cidco, Navi Mumbai airport
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IIT-Mumbai has designed a channel for diversion of the Ulwe river outside the airport boundaries Photo: Aneesh Phadnis

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
Five engineers overseeing rock blasting at the construction site of Navi Mumbai airport were injured in a freak accident on Saturday.

Pre-development work, including flattening of a hillock and land fill have been underway to prepare the site for airport construction for the past three months. Saturday's accident  took place in Ulwe area in Navi Mumbai.

According to officials from City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), the engineers were hurt when pieces of  loose rock fell on them. "The engineers were in a safe zone which is 300-350 metres from the hillock but some loose rock came off and fell

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