Four migrant laborers of different blocks of Bokaro and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand died after an electric tower collapsed between Chaple and Sendripali under Kharsia police station area of Raigadh district of Chhattisgarh. Several people have been injured due to the tower falling.
According to the information, the dead include four labourers - Govind Bhuia, Duggal Bhuia, Suresh Ravidas and Ishwar resident of Govindpur under Vishnugarh police station area in the limits of Hazaribagh district.
The incident is being told between 3 and 4 pm on 5 February,2022
Sources said that during line shifting, the entire tower fell on the workers when there was a thrust in the pillar.
Four labourers died on the spot in the incident and 3 labourers have suffered serious injuries. Some other people have also been injured. All are being treated at Raigarh Medical College Hospital.
As soon as the news of the incident was received, the family members were in a bad condition. On the other hand, Sikander Ali, a social worker working for the benefit of migrant laborers, expressed his deep condolences about this incident and said that this is not the first incident of the youth of Jharkhand being engulfed in death. Even before this many people have died.
The youth of Jharkhand have to go abroad to earn their livelihood. Where they have to face various kinds of problems. He has requested the state and central government to take effective measures to protect the interests of these laborers.