Two Killed, six injured after portion of under-construction building collapses in Raipur
In a similar accident, four workers were injured after a part of a building collapsed at Kannauj railway station.
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Two workers were killed and six others were injured after a centring frame collapsed while a slab was being laid at an under-construction building in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur on Saturday, PTI reported quoting police officials.
Lakhan Patle, the additional superintendent of police in Raipur, told the news agency that a slab was being laid between the seventh and tenth floors of the building in the Vishal Nagar area when the centring frame collapsed.
Eight workers were trapped under the debris. They were rescued and taken to the hospital. However, two of them died.
The condition of one worker is serious, said Raipur Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh.
The construction site belongs to a private developer who has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the families of those who died, reported PTI.
Four injured after part of building collapses in Kannauj
Four persons were injured after a part of an under-construction building at Kannauj railway station in Uttar Pradesh collapsed on Saturday, reported The Indian Express.
At least 24 workers had gotten trapped under the debris. All of them were rescued. District Magistrate Shubhrant Kumar Shukla that the rescue operations were ongoing, according to the newspaper.
The incident took place when the lintel of the under-construction building collapsed, Shukla added....
