Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (MM/AF)
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Mangalore, Jan 23: One person died and two were severely injured when a huge stone rolled over a JCB and a tipper during the process of leveling a hill at Malemar here on Wednesday, January 23.
The deceased has been identified as Dinesh of Siddakatte, who was inside the tipper when the stone rolled on to it. The injured persons have been identified as Purushottam and Chinnappa. One of them was stranded inside the JCB, and another JCB was brought to the spot to rescue him.
The JCB was engaged in leveling the hill and the incident occurred while it was filling soil into the tipper. Both the JCB and the tipper were severely damaged. The huge stone rolled down about 50 meters from the top.
Sources here informed that unscientific leveling work resulted in this ghastly accident. Instead of leveling the hill from the top, they were digging it from the bottom. Even precautionary measures had not been taken by employers to rescue the labourers during accidents. Their carelessness finally resulted in the death of a poor labourer.