Due to a massive landslide on Arakot-Chinva motorway in the Mori village (located on the borders of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh) on Saturday, parts of the road collapsed, according to the district administration.
"An under-construction underpass near Dhanwapur railway cross number 26 in Gurugram collapsed this evening. We have received information about some labourers being trapped under the debris. A rescue operation is underway," Station House Officer Pradeep Kumar said.
Amid a slumping economy and rising prices, Pakistani youths are endangering their lives by making desperate attempts to illegally migrate to Europe through dangerous paths, also known as 'donkey routes', reported Khalsa Vox.
"Such communal incidents are unfortunate. The law and order situation in Haryana has completely collapsed much like in Manipur. Along with that, the state's intelligence system has also failed, which is unfortunate and worrisome," the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo said.
Officials said that the machine was being used in the construction of Phase III of the Samruddhi Express Highway late at night. Initial reports confirmed the death of 14 workers while three others were injured.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the five deceased in the Rayagada culvert collapse, an official statement said.