Indore, Aug 18
At least three labourers were killed while one was severely injured after the wall of a septic tank they had recently constructed collapsed due to the impact of heavy rainfall in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, the police said on Monday.
The tragic incident occurred in Shiv City, a residential colony being developed under the jurisdiction of Rajendra Nagar police station.
Labourers were working inside a septic tank when the newly constructed wall collapsed.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vinod Meena said that injured individual has been admitted at hospital and he is being treated.
The condition of the injured person is said to be critical, Meena said.
"Labourers had constructed a wall around the septic tank, and they were finishing other concrete work when the wall collapsed, and they got buried under debris. It's a new residential colony which is being developed here in Rajendra Nagar area in Indore," DSP Meena said.
Labourers engaged in construction works were local residents of Indore.