Uttar Pradesh: Four labourers buried alive under debris

Lucknow: At least four labourers buried alive while the other four were pulled out during the rescue operation in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh.

They were working on laying 4G cables for a private telecom company and had slipped into a six-feet-deep pit and a mud mound collapsed on them, an officer said.

Eight labourers were trapped in the incident but three were pulled out later in the rescue operation conducted by the district authorities. Four, however, could not be saved, an official source stated adding that one body was still trapped in the debris.

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The rains had made the surface slippery. The labourers slipped into it and the mud mound accumulated on the sides gave way burying them alive.

District Magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh and Special Superintendent of Police Muniraj G. have visited the site.

Of the deceased, three have been identified as Nazimul, Mehrul and Nazim from West Bengal. The condition of one of the injured is said to be critical.

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