New Delhi, July 24 - Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to Gammon India Limited, the contractor for building an elevated section of Delhi Metro that collapsed earlier this month, killing six people.

Hearing a petition from the families of four of the victims of the July 12 mishap seeking compensation, Justice Rewa Khetrapal directed the company to file its response by Aug 20 when the matter will be taken up for further hearing.

The petitioners pleaded before the court that the families of each of the deceased should get compensation of Rs.5 million while the injured should be given Rs.2.5 million each.

The petition was filed by the Shramik Referral Centre, an NGO working on behalf of the victims.

The petition notes that the value of a labourer's life should not be accounted on the basis of his socio-economic status but it should be on par with any other professional.

Six people, including an engineer, were killed and over a dozen were injured when an under-construction elevated section of metro tracks collapsed in Zamrudpur of south Delhi.