Six labourers were killed and 10 others🐼 injured after the wall of an under-construction factory collapsed in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district on Tuesdꦛay evening, police said.
Search and rescue opera🌃tions are ongoing as labour🐲ers are still stuck under debris
Six labourers were killed and 10 others🐼 injured after the wall of an under-construction factory collapsed in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district on Tuesdꦛay evening, police said.
Search and rescue operations are underway as some 🔴more labourers are feared trapped under the debris, they said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed grief𓃲 over the loss of lives in the inciden🅰t.
Additional deputy commissioner of Poli♚ce (West) Umesh Ojha said the incident took place in Phase II of Basni Industrial Area.
"In the evening, between 5.30pm and 6pm, a wall of the factory suddenly collapsed. There was a loud sound and about 15 labourers were⛦ buried under the debris," h༒e said.
During the rescue operation, the bodies of six labourers were pulled out from the rubble. Ten labourers, who were injured, were rushed to the hospita💮l. They are undergoing treatment at Mathura Das Mathur Hospital and AIIMS, he said.
Ojha said none of the victims has been identified so far. Some of them are said 🎃to have🐟 come from other districts and working under a contractor.
"We would also look into the matter with regard to any neglige💃nce by the civil contractor and register a case against him accordingly," he said.
A♈dministration and police officials are supervisꩲing the rescue operation. Lighting arrangements have been made to facilitate the operation at night.
In a tweet in Hind💃i, Gehlot said the news about the death of labourer😼s was "extremely unfortunate".
The state government has ꩲannounced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the families of each of the deceased. The probe into the matter has been handed over to the divisional commissioner, Jodhpur.