Audit: Time to Elevate
30 Jan 2026 CW Team
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?