The year 2026 got off to a sorry start for the elevator industry with a 31-year-old security guard crushed to death when a lift collapsed on him in a Mulund East (Mumbai) housing society, and two boys, aged 11, grievously injured by falling into a lift duct when the third floor lift door in their Goregaon (Mumbai) building gave way. 

Faulty door-lock wiring and poor maintenance by the vendor are most probably behind these tragic accidents.

No month goes by without a fatal elevator accident in some city across India. CW asks why?

should be lifecycle-based,” says Rajnikant Lad, Founder, Elevator Auditor & Elevator Safety Awareness Forum, and Chairman Building Transportation Safety (Fire & Security Association of India, FSAI)...