Five Maharashtra Irrigation engineers were killed in a landslide, after a portion of earthen dam collapsed in Chandvad taluka of Nashik district on Monday afternoon.
The five engineers were inspecting the dam, when a portion of the dam gave way trapping them under the huge mounds of loose soil.The bodies of the five engineers were recovered from under the debris later in the afternoon. The five deceased engineers were identified as: Hirarlal Patil, VH Aher, AG Sonavane, Pradeep Suryavanshi and AK Shewale.
The five engineers had rushed to the dam site, after they received reports that the barrage had developed leaks at some places. They were inspecting the dam — construction of which was completed recently, when the mishap took place.