Gurugram: Seven workers were killed after an under-construction wall collapsed in this Haryana district, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Monday evening at the Signature Global Society in Gurugram’s Sidhrawali area, they added.
Around 12 to 15 labourers got trapped under the rubble after the wall collapsed at around 8 pm on Monday. They were taken to a hospital at Bhiwadi, where seven of them were declared dead, the officials said.
According to a report, police said that the incident occurred due to a soil cave-in in the basement of an upcoming residential project, where a sewage treatment plant was being built.
Deepak Kumar Jewaria, deputy commissioner of police (Manesar), said that rescue workers, firefighters, and state disaster response force personnel were quickly pressed into action at the spot after the incident to remove debris and pull out trapped workers.
Six of the victims have been identified as Satish, Bhagirath, Milan, Shiv Shankar, Mangal and Parmeshwar. Officials said the condition of four others, identified as Chotelal, Deendayal, Shivkant and Indrajeet, remain critical.
Police rushed to the site soon after receiving information about the incident. Further details are awaited.
