Labourer dies as soil caves in during sewer laying work in MPs Shahdol
Shahdol (MP), Jul 17 (PTI) A labourer died while another was trapped in an unconscious state after the soil under their feet caved in while they were digging for a sewer line in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol city on Thursday, officials said.
While the body of Mahipal Baiga (30) was retrieved around 6.30 pm, five hours after the incident, his colleague Mukesh Baigha was also located but he remained unresponsive, police said.
Both had got buried 13 feet below the surface, said Sohagpur police station house officer (SHO) Bhupendra Mani Pandey.
Efforts were on to rescue Mukesh, the official said.
The accident took place around 1.30 pm in ward number 1.
A Gujarat-based company was carrying out the work of laying a sewer line, Pandey said.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local police were carrying out the rescue operation with the help of JCB and other equipment.
The wet soil resulting from a spell of heavy rain made their job difficult, police said. PTI COR LAL KRK
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