MUMBAI, Aug. 23 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to immediately implement safety standards for under-construction, high-rise projects across the state, after taking serious note of recurring accidents at construction sites. The bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Arif S Doctor was hearing a petition filed by Lokhandwala Residency Towers Cooperative Housing Society, triggered by an accident on February 14, 2023. Durin g the construction of a high-rise project in Worli, by Provenance Land Pvt Ltd, a large cement block had fallen from the 52nd floor, killing two people. The petition stated that it can never be countenanced that innocent lives are lost by objects falling from a suspended crane at an enormous height, which persons on the ground may ordinarily not notice. The court observed that if the right of a person to move freely, in places that are not actual construction sites, are threatened by the fear of being killed or hurt, it would result in violation of their fundamental right to life. It was against such a backdrop that the court observed the need to urgently devise measures to curb such accidents....