Anand (Gujarat): One worker died as a temporary structure collapsed at a construction site on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train corridor in Gujarat's Anand district on Tuesday evening, officials said.

Anand police and fire brigade officials have reached the spot and the rescue operation is underway.

The incident took place at Vasad village, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Jasani. "Preliminary information suggests that four workers were trapped between concrete blocks, two of them have been rescued. One of the workers died in hospital," he added. A temporary structure of steel and concrete blocks being used for well foundation work fell down, said an official of the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) which is executing the project. The site is near the Mahi river near Vadodara, and a rescue operation was being carried out using cranes and excavators, he added. 

The bridge is a part of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project, a 508-kilometer corridor that aims to transform high-speed rail travel in India by connecting two of the country's largest economic hubs with a top speed of 320 km/h.

After the completion of the corridor, the distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be reduced to about two hours, down from the current six-hour journey by conventional rail.

(with inputs from PTI & ANI)