<p>A worker died on the spot after he was trapped under a mound of mud at a construction site in VV Puram Saturday evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>George, 41, a resident of Goripalya and a bar bender, and three other workers were erecting a support wall using iron rods in a 27-ft-deep pit dug up for the construction of a high-rise apartment, when the accident occurred, police said.<br /><br />Anthony, a co-worker, told Deccan Herald, “A building adjacent to the basement pit was demolished Friday afternoon using an excavator and the mud in the pit had become loose. <br /><br />So, we climbed down the pit and were trying to build a support wall with iron rods to hold the mud. But as we were laying the rods, a portion of the wall under which George was working collapsed on him. A cement block kept at the mouth of the pit also fell on his head killing him on the spot.”<br /><br />George’s body was later retrieved and shifted to KIMS Hospital for autopsy. The Central Police have registered a case of negligence against the owner of the building, Nataraj, and contractor Paramount Structural Consultants, Ganganagar. Both are absconding.<br /><br />Krishna, a co-worker and close friend of George, said Nataraj and the chief engineer of the building were at the site guiding them to lay the safety wall in the pit. <br /><br />“But by the time we could recover George’s body, they had vanished,” he said.<br />George was married to Kamala Mary, 37, and the couple have four daughters. He was the sole bread winner of the family.<br /></p>
<p>A worker died on the spot after he was trapped under a mound of mud at a construction site in VV Puram Saturday evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>George, 41, a resident of Goripalya and a bar bender, and three other workers were erecting a support wall using iron rods in a 27-ft-deep pit dug up for the construction of a high-rise apartment, when the accident occurred, police said.<br /><br />Anthony, a co-worker, told Deccan Herald, “A building adjacent to the basement pit was demolished Friday afternoon using an excavator and the mud in the pit had become loose. <br /><br />So, we climbed down the pit and were trying to build a support wall with iron rods to hold the mud. But as we were laying the rods, a portion of the wall under which George was working collapsed on him. A cement block kept at the mouth of the pit also fell on his head killing him on the spot.”<br /><br />George’s body was later retrieved and shifted to KIMS Hospital for autopsy. The Central Police have registered a case of negligence against the owner of the building, Nataraj, and contractor Paramount Structural Consultants, Ganganagar. Both are absconding.<br /><br />Krishna, a co-worker and close friend of George, said Nataraj and the chief engineer of the building were at the site guiding them to lay the safety wall in the pit. <br /><br />“But by the time we could recover George’s body, they had vanished,” he said.<br />George was married to Kamala Mary, 37, and the couple have four daughters. He was the sole bread winner of the family.<br /></p>
