Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Four persons die in Orissa village as earth caves in

Kalinga Times, April 10, 2007
KalingaTimes Correspondent

Bhawanipatna: At least four persons were killed when they got buried under a mound of earth near Bhawanipatna town in Kalahandi district of Orissa on Monday afternoon. Two others were seriously injured in the tragic incident.

The victims have been identified as Gudu Gouda, Ramesh Nayak, Bhola Rout and Hari Bag.

Six persons were digging a portion of a landmass for their own use when the mishap took place around 1 p.m., district officials said.

The two injured persons, Lucky Bag and Parsu Gahir, were rushed to the government hospital at Bhawanipatna and their condition was stated to be critical.

Kalahandi District Collector NBS Rajput said that the victims were not working under any labour contractor.

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