4 labourers killed, 4 injured as factory wall collapses in Jaipur | Jaipur News

Rescue team at the under-construction factory in the city on Friday

JAIPUR: Four labourers were killed and four others were injured after an estimated 15-feet high wall of an under-construction factory collapsed in Ganwar Brahmanan village under the Sanganer Sadar police station area of Jaipur.
According to DCP (South) Harendra Kumar, the incident took place when the wall came crashing down on workers on Friday afternoon. “The investigation into the case is underway, we will register the FIR after ascertaining all evidence,” he told TOI. The four persons killed in the incident were listed by the Sanganer police as follows, Arjun Lal (44) a resident of Bassi in Tonk district, his wife Santosh Devi (50), Nandu Ram (62), and Brij Mohan (40) a resident of Bauli area in Sawai Madhopur district.
Those who were injured and rescued from the debris were identified as Savitri Devi (44), her husband Brij Mohan had died on the spot. The three other injured included Uma Banjara, Parvati Devi and Chuki.
‘The injured are undergoing treatment in the hospital. We are in constant touch with the doctors there,” said SHO, Sanganer Sadar, Hari Om Singh. The police said that workers had completed their lunch and had resumed construction work. Some of them began climbing up the wall using scaffoldings when the accident took place. “The construction of the wall was nearing completion, and the workers were involved in plastering works,” Singh said. A loud thud was reported as the wall came crashing down, several workers were trapped in debris, nearby villagers quickly rushed to the scene amidst fearful cries for help from those who were buried under debris.
A team of civil defence was quickly summoned to the spot even as senior officials including DCP and local SDM arrived at the factory to take stock of the situation.
A senior official said that the initial investigation has revealed that the factory work was underway for the past several days now, “We are enquiring to determine if the building owner had sought the requisite permission or not, we are also making efforts to see if all safety arrangements were in place,” the official told TOI, adding that many injured had deep wounds and regained consciousness after they were taken to the hospital. By late evening, the civil defence and the local police had completed the rescue operation. “We checked the entire scene to see if there were other survivors trapped in debris,” a member of the civil defence team said.