SURAT: Six migrant workers from Bihar got trapped after a portion of the earth caved in at a construction site in Mota Varachha area on the city's outskirts on Tuesday.
Four workers died on the spot while two were hospitalized with injuries.
The incident happened at the site of under-construction residential complex Silvassa Paradise, police and fire brigade sources said.
Several teams of Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES) rushed to the site on Abrama Road and joined the rescue operation. Fire officials said the workers were constructing a wall of the basement ,nearly 20 foot below ground when a portion of the earth caved-in on them.
βIt was a wide and deep pit dug to construct the basement of a multi-storey building. The workers were constructing some portion in the second basement when almost 20 foot portion of soil caved-in on them,β said J J Patel, divisional officer, SFES.
The deceased were identified as Pradip Yadav, 25, Ajay Sharma, 30, Pintu Kumar Shah, 27, and Shankar Sharma, 26. Two others - Prakash Kumar, 30 and Arjun Das, 30, suffered injuries.
There were some anxious moments when other workers demanded to go to the accident spot, but police did not allow them.
β Police are collecting details and further legal actions will be taken after preliminary investigation,β said C M Jadeja, deputy superintendent of police, Surat rural.
When SFES teams reached the spot, neither the construction contractor nor developer of the building were present at the spot.