Pune: Six labourers, including two women, were killed after the wall of the Sinhagad College campus collapsed on their makeshift shelters in Ambegaon area, officials said Tuesday.
According to the fire brigade officials, the incident occurred on late Monday night, following incessant rains.
‘The wall of Singhad Institute collapsed on the makeshift shelters of labourers in which six people were killed and two-three others injured,’ an official said.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rushed to the spot to carry out a rescue mission on receiving a call about persons trapped in the debris. Those injured have been taken to the hospital.
District collector Naval Kishore Ram said prima facie it seemed that a tree fell on the college wall and then they collapsed on the shanties, which had been set up at an under-construction site.
He said an investigation was underway to ascertain to whom the under-construction site belonged.
This incident comes a few days after fifteen people, including four children, were killed on Saturday due to another wall collapse incident in the Kondhwa area in Pune.
