2 labourers killed in borewell mishap

Jammu, August 30

Advertisement

Two labourers died of asphyxiation during the digging of a borewell in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Sunday.

Another labourer was rescued in a critical condition by a team of the police and the State Disaster Response Force, which rushed to Chak Manga village after getting information about the incident.

Cops said a labourer had gone down the borewell to retrieve some part of a digging machine which had accidentally fallen into it during digging on Saturday evening but fell unconscious.

Two labourers then went down the borewell for help, but they also fell unconscious, an official said, adding a distress call was made and the rescuers rushed to the spot and pulled out the three labourers.

While two of them Ashiq Ali and Goutam Kumar, both aged around 30, died, the condition of Ravi Kumar was stated to be critical, the official said. – PTI