Five workers engaged by the contractor agency executing the Package-I works of Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) were killed in a mishap when the cables of crane bucket carrying the cement-concrete mix snapped and fell on those working in the work pertaining to the underground pump house near Regumangadda village of Kollapur mandal in Nagarkurnool district.
Of the deceased, three were from Jharkhand and one each were from Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. When contacted, Chief Engineer of the project M.A. Hameed Khan confirmed the incident and stated that the contract agency had shifted the injured to Hyderabad after the accident that took place in the wee hours on Friday.
Family members of the deceased alleged that at least a couple of the injured would have been saved had there been timely help to shift the injured to a hospital. They stated that there was no response from the contract agency officials for two hours.
