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Madhya Pradesh: Slab Collapses At JK Cement Unit In Panna District; Three Dead | Details

The factory is located near Amaanganj town, part of the Khajura🐟ho Lok Sabha constituency.

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Three labourers were ki🤡lled and 16 others injured on Thursday in a slab collapse incident at JK Cement factory in Madhya Pradesh's Panna dist♐rict, local MP Vishnu Dutt Sharma said.

The factory is located near Ama🦋anganj town, part of the Khajuraho Lok Sabha 𒅌constituency.

Police and distric♔t officials did not immediately confirm any cas♒ualty figure.

"Three labourers were killed and 16 others injured at an under-construction unit inside the factory. The condition of two injured persons is serious," said Sharma, the state BJP chief.

The incident took place around 12 noon, said district Superin🔯tendent of Police Sai Krishna S Thota.

Seveꦫral laborers were feared trapped under the debris, and a State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) team was participating in the ꧒rescue operation, he said.

Sharma said he has demanded that the factory🉐 management should compensate the victims as per the rules, and provide jobs to the relatives of the deceased on compassionate grounds.

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