Four workers were killed and two were injured when a mass of land caved in on them while digging at a construction site at NeST Electronics City in Kalamassery, north of Kochi city, around 2.30 p.m. on Friday.
All the workers were from West Bengal. They were rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, where four were declared brought dead. The condition of the injured was stable.
The victims were identified as Faijulla Mandal, 25; Kudoos Mandal, 25; Noujesh Mandal, 25; and Rulamin Mandal, 25. The injured were identified as Farooq Mandal, 18; and Siyavul Mandal, 25.
