Wall collapses, labourers buried alive

A Correspondent

ITANAGAR, Jun 24: In a tragic incident this morning around 6 am, five labourers were buried alive following collapse of a retaining wall of an under construction RCC building at Doni Colony in Itanagar. All the bodies have been recovered. The deceased have been identified as Pappu Katiya (20), Pappu Garel (21), Kanha Kenwar (40), Babloo Telenga (19), and Jiten Telenga (19). All the victims were from Bishwanath Charali, Assam. Personnel of NDRF e-company and Itanagar Fire and Emergency Services were engaged to unearth the victims.