In a tragic incident, three workers died on the spot when part of under construction building collapsed at KPHB Colony on Tuesday evening. Four others were also injured.

According to the police, the incident took place at 4.30 pm at Meadow-lands Apartment in Vasanthnagar. Around 10 workers were working in a under construction building.

This is the second collapse of and under- construction building in the last fortnight, the earlier one being the portico of the Film Nagar Cultural Centre.

Police said “the arch caved in while the workers were finishing the job. The concrete pillars gave away and the structure came crashing down. “Three workers got trapped under the debris and died before they were pulled out. The injured victims were rushed to a nearby hospital,” said a police officer from KBHB”.

Officials said “the victims were identified as Dharma Rao, 30, and Naghabhushanam, 50, from Srikakulam and Janardhan, 40, from Odisha. They started working last month. Most of the construction of the apartment complex had been done and work on the arch had been going on.”

Police said that “the materials used were of inferior quality, which led to the mishap. KBHB police has booked a case under IPC Section 304 A (causing death due to negligence). The building owners are likely to be named in the FIR. The contractor is absconding.”

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BY M. DIVYA SRI