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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
One dead after land caves in at Pune's Nanded City
One worker died and two others were rescued after being trapped under a heap of soil during drainage excavation work in the Nanded City area on Sinhagad Road on Monday. Police and municipal authorities are investigating the incident to determine the cause of the collapse. Work at the site has been temporarily suspended. (HT PHOTO) The incident occurred around 5pm during digging work for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Project for Pollution Abatement of River Mula-Mutha, implemented by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The deceased has been identified as Kaniram Prajapati, 55, a resident of a labour camp in Vadgaon Budruk. The two others who were rescued are Chetanlal Prajapati, 32, a resident of Wadjai Mata Mandir labour shed in Vadgaon Budruk, and Khurshid Ali, 27, a resident of Indrayani Heights in Nandedgaon. Upon receiving the alert, rescue teams from the PMC fire department, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), and Pune Metropolitan Disaster Response Force (PDRF) rushed to the spot and began rescue operations. Sujit Patil, a fireman with the PMRDA fire brigade, said, 'We received a distress call around 6pm. Over 30 firemen were deployed, and we managed to rescue all three workers, but unfortunately, one of them was declared dead.' Senior police inspector Atul Bhosale of Nanded City Police Station said, 'We received a report from Navale Hospital. The incident occurred around 5pm near Kalashree Building when loose soil collapsed during pipeline work. The workers were extricated around 7:30 pm.' Police and municipal authorities are investigating the incident to determine the cause of the collapse. Work at the site has been temporarily suspended.


Time of India
3 days ago
- General
- Time of India
4 trapped at PMC project site: 1 dead, 2 rescued, 1 walks out
Pune: One worker was killed and three others suffered injuries after they got trapped under a 25-foot heap of mud while laying an underground drainage line of the Mula-Mutha river pollution abatement project at Khadakwasla, behind the Nanded City compound wall, around 6pm on Monday. The Nanded City police identified the deceased worker as Kaniram Prajapati (55), resident of a workers' camp in Wadgaon Budruk. The injured workers are MD Khurshid (24) of Nanded village, and Kurshid Ali (27) and Chetan Lal Prajapati (55) from Wadgaon Budruk. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)'s central fire brigade officer, Prashant Gaikar, told TOI, "Digging work was being carried out with an earth-moving machine to lay the underground drainage line at the project site. Several casual workers were engaged in the work. A heap of mud had accumulated at the site during the digging work. " Gaikar said the soil of the heap of mud loosened while carrying out the excavation work and fell on four workers, leaving them trapped under it. One of them managed to come out of the heap of mud on his own. Personnel from the PMC and the PMRDA (Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority) fire brigade, and Pune disaster management authority removed the heap of mud with spades and earthenware, and rescued two other workers. PMRDA fire officer Sujit Patil said it took considerable time to clear the heap of mud and rescue the fourth worker. He was critically injured and found to be unresponsive, Patil said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo An ambulance doctor declared him dead after an examination. PMC's additional municipal commissioner B P Prithviraj said the work of the Mutha and Mula pollution abatement project was underway at the site. The project is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. "The work was being carried out by a subcontractor. Civic engineers have gone to the site. A report related to the incident would be prepared after their inspection is over," he added.