- विज्ञापन -
Bhopal: In a tragic loss of incidents around three labourers have been killed while six others have been severely injured after a 400 KV transmission line tower fell on them in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district on Thursday.
Details said that the tragic incident occurred in Aamda village under Rampur Naikin police station, around 50 km from district headquarters Sidhi. A huge-sized tower collapsed on labourers working on the project.
Soon after the incident the local people in the area rushed to the spot and took the injured labourers to hospital.
Meanwhile the police teams from the local police teams have also reached toward the spot.
A senior police official said that two labourers have died on spot while another one died during treatment at government primary healthcare in Rampur Naikin.
The injured have been admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital (SGMH), Rewa. The fatalities in the incident are likely to increase as the condition of three injured labourers was said to be critical. The injured were on ventilator support.
“Nine labourers were working when the tower collapsed on them. They were replacing the old transmission lines on the tower with a new one.”
“Identification of the labourers, including the deceased, was being done. The contractor and other senior staff of the firm have been summoned for questioning. Whether the mandatory safety norms were complied with during the work will also be examined,” Tiwari added.
