A day after three construction workers died in a wall collapse incident in Sangrur, it has come to the fore that they were not registered with the labour department so their kin won’t be entitled to the accidental compensation of ₹4 lakh each. When asked about alleged laxity on part of labour officials, Manvesh Singh Sidhu, principal secretary, department of …
Three labourers were killed and two others injured when a wall of an under-construction rice mill collapsed in Kankuwal Bhaguna village of Sunam, Sangrur, on Saturday afternoon. As per eyewitnesses, the labourers had just started their work in the morning when the wall gave way. The deceased have been identified as Janak Raj, 50, of Dharamgarh village, Amandeep Singh, 30, …