A 25-year-old laborer was seriously injured after falling from an under-construction municipal water tank in Thane, Navi Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday.

Arshad Shaikh, who hails from Bihar, was working at the site in Vashi on Sunday morning when he fell from the structure from a height, a Nav Mumbai Municipal Corporation official said.

He said that Sheikh was taken to a nearby hospital, where his condition is said to be critical.

The officer said that no case has been registered yet and no action has been taken against anyone.