Four migrant workers from Chhattisgarh were killed and three others injured when a wall caved in due to incessant rain in Pune, Maharashtra in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to official sources the four deceased were from Hathadhandu village under Navagarh block of Bemetara district and the three injured hailed from Munegli.
Bemetara Collector Mahadev Kaware after getting the information of the incident contacted Pune district administration and held discussion to bring bodies of the deceased workers to the state.
Kaware said arrangements were being made by the Pune administration to send the bodies through flight. The route will be from Pune via Delhi to Raipur.
Meanwhile, Nandghat Naib Tehsildhar Ravindra Kurrey and a team of Patwari along with relatives of the deceased were sent to Raipur on Tuesday evening. They will halt at Raipur for night.
According to Bemetara Collector, the bodies will be brought to Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda Airport from New Delhi at 7.30 AM on July 3 at.
The team of revenue officials will accompany the bodies to village where the final rites will be performed in presence of their family members.
The deceased have been identified as Radhelal Ramnaresh Patel (25), his wife Mamta Radhelal Patel (22), Jetulal Patel (50) and his wife Pradeshnin Jetulal Patel (45). The injured are Shrinath Vishnu Patel (17) of Mungeli, Vishnu Punit Patel (42) of Mungeli and Nagmath Vishnu Patel (38).
As per reports, six construction workers, including two women, were killed and four injured when the compound wall of the Singhad group of institutes in Ambegaon, Pune collapsed on the adjoining tin hutments of labourers in the early hours of Tuesday.