One Jharkhand labourer dead, five injured in dynamite blast

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 21:55 [IST]

Shimla, Feb 21 (UNI) One migrant labourer was killed and four others injured in a dynamite blast at a road construction site in Bajirbawri near Nirmand in Kullu District today.

Police sources said that 21-year-old labourer Arun, hailing from Jharkhand was killed in the blast at the road site.

The four injured had been admitted in Khanri Civil Hospital at Rampur, they said.

The incident occurred when the labourers, employed by a private contractor on a construction work, were using dynamite to remove the hard rock and it suddenly exploded before they could move to a safe distance, police said.

A Police had begun investigations.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-HP-LABOURER

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