VARANASI: 2 labourers belonging to Malda district of West Bengal were killed while six others suffered injuries in which a part of an older, dilapidated and partly demolished building fell on them at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) region early on Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought out details of this episode by divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal, and directed to ensure greatest possible remedy for the wounded labourers.
PSP, the building firm executing the job, also Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) administration have together extended financial aid of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of every deceased.
Likewise, each wounded labourer is going to be provided a financial aid of Rs 50,000.
The commissioner stated,”Five wounded labourers are discharged from the hospital following first aid since they’d suffered slight injuries.
1 labourer, that has endured grave leg accidents, is undergoing therapy in the hospital” Giving particulars of this catastrophe, the commissioner added,”After finishing their job in the night change, roughly eight labourers, all belonging to WB nation, had accumulated beneath a dilapidated and partly demolished construction, a part of that had been left untouched to give assistance to a classic structure supporting it.
About 3.30amthis dilapidated structure dropped along with the labourers were buried beneath it.” Eye-witnesses and wounded labourers Arif Momin and Mukhtar Momin told TOI that after finishing their night shift function, they’d gone to sleep within the Goenka library at the KV Dham endeavor region where structures are made to their stay.
“As it had been hot and humid in the library construction, we came out to sleep in the open close to building.
But, all the sudden some of the construction collapsed at about 3.30am and we all had been buried beneath the debris, and” they added.
“On hearing the cries for help of those wounded labourers, their partners, authorities and many others present within the project area hurried to the place and began attempts to save them.
Following the labourers were hauled away from the debristhey had been hurried into the SPG Divisional Hospital in which Aminul Monin (40) and also Ibadul Momin (27) were declared dead by the doctors,” explained KVT principal executive officer (CEO) Sunil Verma.
“Abdul Jabbar, who endured grave leg accidents, was known to BHU Hospital for psychiatric therapy,” Verma added.
The information of this incident brought the officers to their toes, as besides the commissioner, police commissioner A Satish Ganesh and district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma together with a large band of officials reached the area.
Shortly, NDRF employees were summoned to help in the rescue procedure.
The DM stated,”The PM called us in the afternoon and enquired regarding the construction collapse.
He expressed profound condolence to the bereaved families and taught us to offer all possible assistance .
In addition, he guided us to give appropriate medical services to the wounded labourers.
In addition, he assured us of potential assistance from the Centre.” Shortly after the episode, a delegation of Congress leaders, headed by former minister Ajay Rai and town leader Raghvendra Chaubey, contacted the hospital to be aware of the status of the wounded and required the government to offer Rs 25 lakh per as monetary help to the families of the killed and Rs 5 lakh each to the wounded persons.
The rough within Rs 600-crore Kashi Vishwanath Dham (Corridor) project was conceptualised following Yogi Adityanath authorities came into power.
PM Narendra Modi had officially started the project by placing its foundation at March 2018.
Although the work in the job was struck by two consecutive Covid-19 pandemic waves, so it’s supposed to be finished by November 15 this season.