Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) on Friday termed as “extremely unfortunate” the incident in which an iron piece fell onto a car at Palarivattom, where Phase II Metro construction towards Infopark is underway, injuring a young woman on her hand.

Kochi Metro said stringent action would be taken against the contractor company and that a memo had been issued to the contractor, directing it to provide all necessary support, assistance and compensation to the injured woman.

The incident occurred on Tuesday night during the de-shuttering work of the deck slab. Following the incident, KMRL directed the contractor, Afcons Infrastructure, to immediately suspend such works until further notice.

KMRL also said a detailed high-level inquiry would be conducted into the incident and that additional measures would be taken to further strengthen the existing safety mechanisms.

According to KMRL, the suspended works will resume only after road traffic is diverted and all additional safety measures are fully implemented.