A major accident occurred in the Sadguru Nagar area of Bhosari in Pimpri Chinchwad city where an overhead water tank collapsed on a labour camp killing three labourers on the spot. About seven to ten labourers were seriously injured in this accident and rushed to a private hospital for treatment.
According to the information given by the police, the incident occurred at the labour camp of NCCL company where more that 200 labourers from Bihar and Jharkhand reside. The contractor of this construction site had installed a water tank at a height of about 12 feet. Hoowever the tank which was constructed was of poor quality due to which the entire tank along with the roof of the labor camp collapsed on the laborers.
Further investigations revealed that the site where this labour camp was built is a red zone area, and the officials of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) were asked for permission to build the tank. The Pimpri-Chinchwad police are further investigating the matter.
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