Wall falls into drain under construction, telecom employee dies

Baldevgarh : A young man died tragically when a wall collapsed during drain construction in the city. In the city, the construction work of both the side drains from Nishadraj Park to Bamhauri Tiraha is being done by the Municipal Council under the DFM scheme at a cost of about Rs 2 crore, the responsibility of which has been given to the construction company Chhatarpur, but the contractor has constructed the fort complex of the city. The fiber was being checked by the employees while digging the drain with the help of JCB near the wall. About 30 feet of wall near the landing valley from the bus stand collapsed due to which the employee died tragically and a stampede-like situation was created at the spot. Police was immediately informed by the people on the spot.

Police reached the spot in about 10 minutes and rescue operations were started. Three employees of Telecom Fiber Network were on the spot during the construction of drain, out of which Premchand Sahu died in the accident, while two other employees Mangal Yadav and Anshul Yadav are said to be safe. During the incident, the Bolero vehicle of the employees was parked on the upper part of the wall, which hung down along with the debris of the wall, although there was no damage to it. In this regard, SDM Vijay Kumar Sen says that the body of the deceased who died in the accident during drain construction has been taken out and sent for post-mortem and the debris is being removed. In the investigation of drain construction, action will be taken against whoever is found guilty. Police station in-charge Manoj Soni says that investigation is being done after establishing a route.