Four dead as mound of earth caves in at Arun III project site
Sankhuwasabha, June 16 (RSS): Four people were killed when a mound of earth caved in as they were working for construction of tunnel of the Arun III Hydropower Project based in Sankhuwasabha district last night.
Among
the victims of the tragic incident took place at around 8:45 pm at Phaksinda of
Makalu Rural Municipality two are Nepalis and two Indians, according to Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Shyam Kumar Saru Magar.
They
are identified as Pradeep Shahi of Siuna
Rural Municipality-4 in Kalikot, Prem
Pariyar of Chandannath Municipality-1, Jumla, Budhan Munda from Jharkhand,
India and Nanda Kishore from Bihar, India.
Shahi
and Pariyar were manual workers while Munda was operator and Nanda Kishore was
hired as the electrician for the project.
Until
the filing of this report, security personnel with the help of locals were
trying to pull out the bodies from the debris. Continuous rains have affected
the efforts.
