MP News: One Worker Killed, Two Injured After Slab Of Water Tank Under Construction In Damoh Collapses

Deceased Laborer – Photo : Digital

Expansion A painful accident took place on Friday evening at Bethlehem College under Jabalpur Naka Chowki in Damoh. Three laborers were buried after the slab of the construction water tank in the college collapsed. One worker died in the accident.
Event Friday Night 7: 30 hrs. Police and SDRF were informed about the incident. Police along with CSP Abhishek Tiwari reached the spot and started the rescue operation. After a two-hour rescue operation, three laborers buried under the rubble were rescued. The injured were immediately brought to the district hospital for treatment, where a laborer Balmukund Rakwar was declared dead by the doctor. At the same time, the treatment of two laborers is going on. family members angry over the death of the laborer started the demonstration by placing the dead body outside the hospital at around The sit-in demonstration continued for a long time demanding action. On information, the collector reached among the protesters and assured of appropriate action. After this the dead body is placed back in the dead body. The body will be handed over to the relatives after post-mortem on Saturday. The police has started the investigation of this entire matter. Yusuf Khan, the injured laborer, told that the construction of a water tank in Bethlehem College was going on. In which the centering was installed at a height of about feet. During this, the slab of the tank tilted down and the centering bat started coming out. The laborers were fixing the ball along with Aziz Khan and Balmukund Raikwar. Then the slab and centering fell on these laborers. in which the workers were buried. The local people immediately informed the Jabalpur Naka Chowki police. After which SDRF team in-charge Prachi Dubey along with her colleagues reached the spot to conduct the rescue operation. In this incident, laborers Yusuf Khan and Aziz Khan were evicted. At the same time, Balmukund Raikwar was brought out of the rubble and rushed to the hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.
The relatives left the collector’s house with the dead body2022 11 Angry over the incident, the relatives of the deceased laborer started a sit-in by placing the dead body on the road. After this, all the family members were going from there to the bungalow of Collector S. Krishna Chaitanya with the dead body. The police stopped the protesters near the district jail. At the same time, the collector also reached the spot. Collector Chaitanya assured the family members of a thorough investigation into the matter and action would be taken against the contractor. The District Collector said that as much compensation as possible would be given to the family members by the government. After which the relatives of the deceased calmed down. ,