Grinder machine collapses during Samruddhi Expressway construction in Maharashtra: See pics

Sixteen workers were killed as a grinder machine fell on them during construction of the third phase of Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said on August 1. (Image: PTI)

The incident took place after a girder launching machine collapsed near Shahpur late night on July 31. (Image: ANI)

NDRF teams, police, fire brigade personnel, along with local agencies are engaged in a search and rescue operation. (Image: ANI)

Officials said that the machine was being used in the construction of Phase III of the Samruddhi Express Highway late at night. (Image: PTI)

The Samruddhi Mahamarg, named Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, is a 701-km-long expressway connecting Mumbai and Nagpur. (Image: ANI)

The construction of the Samruddhi Mahamarg is being carried out by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation. (Image: PTI) (With inputs from agencies)