Five laborers were killed when loose soil caved in at a construction site near Kadi town in Gujarat's Mehsana district. Rescue operations are ongoing.
Five labourers were killed after soil caved in on them at a construction site in Gujarat’s Mehsana district on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred near Kadi town, around 37 km from the district headquarters.
Several labourers were digging a pit for an underground tank for a factory at Jasalpur village when loose soil caved in and buried them alive, inspector Prahaladsinh Vaghela of Kadi police station said.
“Five bodies have been recovered, and three to four other labourers are feared buried. A rescue operation is going on,” he said.
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