PALANPUR: 9 labourers had been buried alive when free soil caved in on them at a development website in Jasalpur village of Mehsana‘s Kadi taluka on Saturday.
The labourers had been digging the bottom for development of an underground water tank on the manufacturing facility website when the earth out of the blue caved in, official sources mentioned.
Mehsana superintendent of police Tarun Duggal confirme to TOI that 9 individuals had died and one labourer survived.
“There was a heap of excavated mud which out of the blue gave in and the labourers bought buried,” Duggal mentioned.
Sources mentioned that the development of a manufacturing facility was happening since 2002.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the deaths and introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the PM Nationwide Aid Fund to the following kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to all these injured.
“The accident attributable to the collapse of a wall in Mehsana, Gujarat, is extraordinarily tragic. My deepest condolences to those that have misplaced their family members. Could God give them the energy to endure this ache. I additionally pray for the speedy restoration of the injured. The native administration, beneath the supervision of the state authorities, is working tirelessly to supply all doable help to the victims,” the PM mentioned on micro-blogging website X.
