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Worker dies, 4 hurt as wall collapses in Rajshahi
A worker was killed and four others were injuries as a wall collapsed on them on Saturday at Chotobangram Bimanchattar area in Rajshahi city.
The deceased was identified as Riazul.
Injured Enamul Haque,35, Dilip,43,Kazem Ali,27, and Monjurul Alam, 35, were rescued from under the debris and admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).
A wall collapsed as the workers were working to install a Reinforced Concrete Column(RCC), said Rajib, one of the workers.
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He said, “Nine workers were working when the wall collapsed. We don’t know what happened to four others.”
Emran Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Chandrima police station said the five workers were rescued from the site of an under-construction house of one Entaj Ali.
As they were taken to RMCH doctors announced Riazul dead.
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Didarul, Assistant Director of fire service, said three rescue teams have managed to rescue five workers.
“We will conduct search and rescue operation for few hours more,” he said.
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Worker dies as wall collapses in city
A worker was killed as a boundary wall collapsed on him while digging soil at a construction site in Bhatara area of the capital on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Sobuj Mia, 40, of Sunamganj district.
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The boundary wall of an under-construction 10-storey building collapsed on Sabuj around 11am as he along with others were digging soil adjacent to the wall, leaving him critically injured, said Abu Bakkar, site manager of Dwelling Real Estate Company.
Later, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the doctor declared him dead.
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Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said the body was sent to DMCH morgue for an autopsy.
The incident has been reported to Bhatara police, he added.
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