One labourer killed, one injured as silo collapses at smelting unit in Chhattisgarh, two feared trapped

Of the two injured workers who were shifted to a hospital in Bilaspur, some 25 kilometres away from the plant, one, identified as Manoj Kumar, succumbed to injuries, Mungeli Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel said.”Three to four persons might be trapped in the debris and a rescue operation using cranes and gas cutters is underway,” Patel said.Meanwhile, Bilaspur divisional commissioner Mahadeo Kawre, quoting the unit’s management, put the figure of persons trapped/missing at two.”The district collector and SP are at the site and all efforts are being made to trace them,” Kawre said.



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