{"id":103207,"date":"2025-06-03T22:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=103207"},"modified":"2025-06-03T22:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:54:55","slug":"congress-submits-memorandum-to-dgp-demanding-criminal-action-against-m-venkat-rao-infra-projects-pvt-ltd-for-repeated-negligent-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=103207","title":{"rendered":"Congress submits memorandum to DGP demanding criminal action against M Venkat Rao Infra Projects Pvt Ltd for repeated negligent deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar : Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Amit Patkar alongwith MP Viriato Fernandes and other GPCC functionaries today submitted a detailed memorandum to the Director General of Police, Goa, demanding immediate criminal action against M Venkat Rao Infra Projects Pvt Ltd, including its Board of Directors and Managing Director, for repeated incidents of fatal negligence at its construction sites across Goa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In the memorandum, Patkar highlighted two recent tragic deaths caused by the company\u2019s reckless disregard for safety standards:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u2022On 4th March 2025, Swapnil Chindarkar, an Electricity Department staffer, lost his life at an MVR construction site near Vishal Megamart, Dabolim, due to the collapse of unsafe scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u2022On 28th May 2025, Maruti Jadhav died in a similar incident at another MVR site, again resulting from blatant safety lapses.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103130\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/31MAY-25-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Congress Party has invoked relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Sections 302, 304A, 336, 337, 338, and 287, along with provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 and the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996, calling for immediate registration of an FIR, arrest of all responsible directors, and a statewide halt to all MVR Infra projects pending comprehensive safety audits.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The memorandum also highlighted two additional instances of public endangerment by the same contractor:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u2022Damage to a major fuel pipeline from Mormugao Port to Zuari IAV Pvt Ltd on 30th January 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u2022Destruction of a major water pipeline at MES Junction on 17th April 2025, leading to large-scale water loss.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis company has repeatedly endangered Goan lives with absolute impunity. It is high time the law takes its course. We demand exemplary action to ensure justice for the families who lost their loved ones and to prevent further tragedies,\u201d said Amit Patkar.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The memorandum also demands a comprehensive investigation into all deaths at MVR Infra sites in Goa over the past decade and appropriate compensation for victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">A copy of the memorandum has been acknowledged by the DGP\u2019s office, and Congress will follow up to ensure swift logical conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Amit Patkar alongwith MP Viriato Fernandes and other GPCC functionaries today submitted a detailed memorandum to the Director General of Police, Goa, demanding immediate criminal action against M Venkat Rao Infra Projects Pvt Ltd, including its Board of Directors and Managing Director, for repeated incidents of fatal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":103208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-103207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103209,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103207\/revisions\/103209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}