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Wednesday, May 05, 2004

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Two labourers die at work sites

By Our Staff Reporter

Co-workers grieving for Basavaraj, who died when earth caved in at a work site at Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bangalore on Tuesday. — Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.

BANGALORE, MAY 4. Two labourers were killed in incidents at worksites here on Tuesday.

A 23-year-old youth was buried alive when mud caved in on him at BEML Layout, Rajarajeshwarinagar, in the Byatarayanapura police station limits on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the youth, identified as Basavaraj, was from Manvi taluk in Raichur district. He was among labourers engaged for laying a pipeline under a project of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, and was digging a trench along with his sister, Basamma, and another worker, when the incident occurred. Basamma was also caught in the 15-ft-deep trench and suffered a fracture in her hand. She was taken to a private hospital in Rajarajeshwarinagar. Basamma and Basavaraj had come to Bangalore for work nine months ago. The Byatarayanapura police have registered a case.

In an incident reported from the Kamakshipalya police station limits, a construction worker, Gavigangadhara (35), who was injured when a concrete slab fell on him at a building site on Tuesday morning, died at the Victoria Hospital. The police said centring sheets were being removed when the slab fell and Gavigangadhara was caught under it.

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