2 buried alive in Belagavi village as earth caves in

Two persons were buried alive while cutting hillock to extract soil for their own work at Biranholi village in Hukkeri taluk on Monday.

As per the primary information available, the hillock had earlier been cut to excavate soil for Pune-Bengaluru national highway works. Halappa Gurav and Yallappa Harijan residents of Biranholi village had been attempting to cut the same portion and were buried alive after the earth caved on them.

The incident took place between 9 am to 9.30 am.

Yamakanamaradi police have visited the spot.