Three men were killed in Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar when a water tank collapsed on them on August 2. Rishika Kashyap speaks to one of the victims, Nageshwar’s friends and family at the accident site.
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00:00 I'm near the Shivaji Nagar bus stand in the heart of the Bengaluru city today.
00:09 An unfortunate incident occurred here last night.
00:11 A water tank collapsed on the footpath killing three people and injuring three others.
00:15 There are some eyewitnesses and relatives here.
00:18 Let's talk to them and find out what happened.
00:20 So one of my friend died along with them.
00:22 So three members were died on spot.
00:24 So now this is negligence or who is going to take care of this responsibility?
00:33 Shivaji Nagar's central street was busy as usual on the night of 2nd August.
00:38 Some people were having their dinner and ending the day on this footpath right opposite Imperial
00:42 Restaurant when a water tank on top of this five-story building toppled sideways and fell.
00:49 This happened at 10.45 in the night when the victims had gathered here around a street
00:53 vendor selling egg rice.
00:54 Two people were passing by and they were eating street food.
01:00 We were just moving here and the water tank had some leakage.
01:05 Five members were injured.
01:08 One by one they were shifted to Boring Hospital.
01:11 It was a mess.
01:12 While the street vendor survived, three others standing around his cart were killed in the
01:17 incident.
01:18 The street vendor was able to speak to the family and friends of one of the three victims,
01:30 Kote Nageshwar Rao, an employee with a private firm in the city.
01:33 He has been here for 10 years.
01:36 He recently came here for dinner.
01:38 It was unexpected.
01:39 His parents came here.
01:40 It was a year after his marriage.
01:41 He had a young daughter.
01:50 The incident has left Nageshwar's friends distressed.
01:54 We were not able to control ourselves because he was our roommate and recently got married
02:01 and he has a kid who is just 10 days old.
02:07 Their parents are yet to come here.
02:09 We want to bring attention to all the people.
02:12 Whether the owner is punishable or the owner is going to give complete support to the entire
02:18 family or not.
02:19 Not only for my friends, but for the entire three or four of them.
02:22 The other two people who died in the incident are Arul, who had come to the city from Tamil
02:26 Nadu, and Kamal Thapa, who is said to be a Nepali.
02:29 The water tank was in the way.
02:32 We are not able to get the proper support for the water tank.
02:40 But we are going to get the support of forensic experts and the civil engineers from the BDMP
02:50 and VDE.
02:51 The police investigation is underway.
02:55 A case has been booked against the owner of the building under the IPC section 304A.
03:00 This deals with death caused by negligence.
03:02 With camera person Karthik Guvartan, Rishika Kashyap for Techunherald.
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