Nine labourers electrocuted in Andhra Pradesh
Dr Vineet Kaushik of Muzaffarnagar district hospital confirmed that 10 people were brought in and six of them were declared dead.
In Madhya Pradesh’s Guna, eight migrant labourers, travelling in a truck from Mumbai to Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, were killed and 55 others injured when a bus rammed into their truck early on Thursday, police said.
Guna district Superintendent of police Tarun Nayak said, “Eight of the labourers were killed on the spot and the injured have been hospitalised. Once discharged, they will be sent to their homes in buses.”
Mahendra Pal , one of the injured workers said” “The truck driver demanded ₹3,000 per person. However, the amount was to be paid after reaching our destinations.” Another traveler, Mohd Sibu, said, “I asked for money from my family as I had no money left with me. We got the truck at Thane (Maharashtra).”
Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra said, “The state has issued instructions to the authorities to make all arrangements for the treatment of labourers.”
In Bihar, a migrant worker was killed and 27 others were injured in an accident in Samastipur district. Police said a bus carrying 44 migrants collided with a truck on Thursday. All the injured were taken to Sadar hospital were two of them are said to be in serious condition .
In Odisha, at least 15 migrant workers were injured, four of them seriously after the minibus in which they were travelling, crashed into a tree in Angul district on Wednesday night, hours after authorities arranged the bus for them. Police officials said they stopped 15 migrants walking towards Purinakote area of Keonjhar district from Palasa in Andhra Pradesh and arranged the bus for them.in all, the government officials in states have confirmed death of 109 migrant workers on roads during the 50 day lockdown period.
AMARAVATI: Nine chilly plantation workers were electrocuted and two others injured on Thursday when a tractor-trolley carrying 23 people hit an electricity post and the live wire fell on them, near Machavaram village in Prakasam district, police said.
Of the deceased nine, seven were women and two were intermediate students. The two injured were hospitalised, they said adding that the negligence of the tractor driver caused the accident.
According to Sharat Babu, additional superintendent of police (administration), Prakasam district, the deceased were workers in chilly plantations.
Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed shock and offered condolences to the families of the dead.