Six labourers rescued after soil collapses, shifted to AIIMS Jammu
STATE TIMES NEWS
SAMBA/JAMMU: Six labourers were rescued on Thursday after a heap of soil collapsed on them while they were working in a pit dug for the construction of a bridge in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir and were shifted to AIIMS Jammu for treatment, officials said.
Two of the labourers were critically injured in the incident, which took place in the Vijaypur area, they said.
The six labourers were involved in construction work on the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway. They were working in a deep pit dug for the construction of a bridge over the Devak river when a heap of soil collapsed on them, leaving them trapped, the officials said.
After receiving information about the incident, the district administration, along with teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), launched a rescue operation, they said.
After two hours of intense efforts, four labourers were pulled out from the soil. Heavy machinery was deployed to rescue the remaining two labourers, they added. District Commissioner Rajesh Sharma and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Samba, Vinay Kumar Sharma were present at the site, overseeing the rescue operation.
The workers after the incident were taken to the Trauma and Emergency Department of AIIMS Vijaypur. The Doctors immediately responded to the situation but despite of multiple resuscitation attempts and immediate medical attention, two of the workers named Lal Singh from Reasi District (Age – 35 years) and Shobin Kumar from Bihar (Age – 28 years) were declared dead on arrival.
The four others hospitalised are Sahib Kumar-26 years from Bihar, Dharmendra Kumar-36 years from Bihar, Dheeraj Sharma-26 years from Jammu and Kiran Kumar-48 years from Udhampur. According to hospital authorities, they are receiving specialized care and are being closely monitored by a team of doctors and trauma specialists. Authorities have expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased while ensuring that the injured workers will continue to receive the best medical care possible in the Institute.
