Hyderabad, January 06: A construction worker died and another was injured after solidified cement bags fell on them at the Lanco Hills Project construction site at Manikonda on Tuesday morning.
According to the police, the incident took place around 8 am in one of the 35-storeyed towers being built on the project site when workers dumped the bags into the elevator duct as part of a routine debris clearing exercise. The injured M Sailu (50) and P Sanjeevulu (40) were rushed to hospital but the former died midway while the latter is undergoing treatment.
Both came from Nizamabad district, police said.
“Solidified cement bags were dropped from one of the floors and they landed straight on the heads of two labourers working on the ground floor to clear the dumped debris. Even the safety headgears being worn by the workers could not save them as they broke away under the impact,” Raidurg police sub-inspector G Suresh said. Cases under Section 304-A (negligence causing death) and 337 (negligence causing injuries) were registered against the management of Lanco Infratech. Investigation is on, Suresh said.
–Agencies