India, Feb. 16 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has suspended all construction work on the 32.32-kilometre Metro 4 corridor following the parapet collapse incident at a metro site in Mulund on Saturday which killed one person. It has also constituted a 'Special Intensive Safety Inspection Team' comprising 13 officials to examine safety lapses along the entire Metro 4 route.

Construction will resume only after the team submits its report and adequate measures are in place to address lapses, according to an internal office order issued by Additional Metropolitan Commissioner Ashwin Mudgal, which Hindustan Times has accessed.

On Sunday, the MMRDA also informed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 7) that t...