JODHPUR: Eight workers died and seven others were injured when the wall of a factory under construction collapsed at Basni Industrial Area of the city on Tuesday evening. While the bodies of six labourers were found buried, two of them died in the hospital. One person has been discharged. It is suspected that a few more workers may still be buried under the debris.
The injured have been admitted to MDM Hospital and AIIMS. An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased has been sanctioned and the divisional commissioner of Jodhpur has been asked to conduct a probe into the matter.
ADCP (West) Umesh Ojha said some labourers were working at the under-construction factory in Phase II of Basni Industrial Area near Basni police station.