Five workers killed in wall collapse in D&NH

Surat: Five labourers were killed and two others received serious injuries when the compound wall of an under-construction industrial unit at Khanvel in the union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli (DNH) collapsed on their tin shed house due to heavy rains on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred at the Surangi village near Khanvel where a portion of the 15 foot high compound wall collapsed on the house. Seven labourers including a supervisor of the construction site were buried. It took almost two hours for the rescue teams to remove their bodies from the debri
The deceased were identified as supervisor Anil Patel and labourers Balu Wagh, Raju Dadhav, Jayram Sande and Ashwin Sande. Two workers who suffered serious injuries were Jayesh Sande and Vishal Sande and they are admitted at the civil hospital in Silvassa.
Khanvel police said that the construction work was going on at the polychem company at Surangi village. The workers had constructed a temporary tin shed house near the compound wall.
“Over 100 workers were staying inside the construction site of the industrial unit,” said Khanvel police.
District collector of D&NH, Sandeep Kumar Singh told TOI, “The administration has announced Rs four lakh compensation to the family of each deceased workers.”
D&NH was pounded by 310mm rainfall while Daman got 100 mm in 24 hours ending 10am Wednesday. About 550 people in Silvassa and Khanvel in D&NH were rescued and shifted to the shelter homes as several low-lying areas were flooded. Nearly three dozen trees in D&NH were uprooted. Following heavy rains in the catchment areas, the Madhuban dam in Valsad district received about 9,200 cusecs of water with the level touching at 73.25 metres.