Mangalore: Landslide at construction site - One dead, 2 injured

Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 30 Apr 2014: One laborer was killed and two laborers were critically injured in a landslide at a construction site located at Derebail here on Wednesday April 30.
 
The deceased has been identified as forty-year-old Kashiyappa, a native of Naragunda taluk of Badami district, Karnataka.
 
 
The incident occurred at the ongoing construction site of Blueberry Platinum Apartments executed by Victoria Builders. Sources informed that the incident occurred owing to recklessness of site engineer.
 
The deceased Kashiyappa’s wife construction laborer Mahadevi and another worker thirty-two-year-old Swami Nayak were injured in the incident. They were rushed to A J Hospital and Research Center.

 

 
The eyewitnesses said that the labourers were digging a hole near a wall when the earth caved in on them.  They were trapped in the soil for sometime till the city fire brigade arrived at their rescue.
 
The fire fighters were able to rescue 2 among 3 laborers, while Kashiyappa breathed his last.
 
Meanwhile, the nearby house owners of disaster site expressed fears to their imminent danger owing to this incident.