Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse probe: IIT-Hyderabad team finds fault in supporting structure

In their preliminary investigation, IIT-Hyderabad professors – KVL Subramaniam and S Suriya Prakash – have found “improper design of the supporting structures” responsible for the January 10 reinforcement cage collapse incident in Bengaluru’s HBR Layout.

The Bengaluru police department constituted a team comprising members of the civil engineering department of IIT-Hyderabad to probe the collapse of the reinforcement cage that led to the death of a woman and her toddler son.

According to sources in the police department, the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) team was roped in to investigate the technical aspects of the incident, based on which the cops will initiate action against those responsible for the mishap. It has also been learnt that the quality of the supporting structures will be studied.