Ratlam, June 18
Two labourers were killed in Juna Gadgadiya village of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh when the inner wall of an under-construction well caved in.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening, and the police extricated their bodies in the early hours of Wednesday.
Durgesh Armo, Additional Superintendent of Police, said, “The incident occurred around 7 p.m. as labourers were engaged in building a cement-concrete wall around a 40-foot-deep well. The victims, Vikram Singh (43) and Amar Singh (32), both residents of Kelukheda village in Tal tehsil, were working near the base of the well when the surrounding soil, loosened by persistent rainfall throughout the day, gave way and buried them under a heavy mass of earth. In fact, there were five labourers who had finished the day’s work and were about to leave when the incident occurred.”
The area had experienced continuous rainfall, which saturated the soil and made the structure unstable.
The collapse happened suddenly, leaving little time for the workers to react.
“Initially, they all tried to extricate them, but when unsuccessful, they informed the police at around 8 p.m.,” the officer added.