Man killed in compound wall collapse in Udhagamandalam
1 year, 10 months ago

Man killed in compound wall collapse in Udhagamandalam

The Hindu  

A 44-year-old man, who was overseeing the construction of a compound wall in Pudhu Nagar in Kandal, died after the wall collapsed on top of him, on Thursday evening. Chandrashekar is said to have been involved in a small constructions business, undertaking minor construction projects such as building compound walls and basic structures. On Thursday, he was with a migrant worker employed to help construct a compound wall at the house of one of his relatives. Police said that the compound wall had already been built and that Chandrasekar and a worker employed to reinforce the wall, identified as Irfan Ansari, 30, from Jharkhand, were filling in a portion of the area surrounding the 10-foot-high wall with soil, when it unexpectedly collapsed on top of both of them.

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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