Pimple Gurav: 3 workers killed as stone slab collapses at temple

Pune | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

Summary:

THREE workers died and nine were injured when a stone slab in an under-construction mandap, or foyer, of a temple in Pimple Gurav area collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. AdvertisingAt the time of filing the report, police were in the process of registering an offence against those involved in the construction work. The construction work at the foyer was part of the renovation work of the temple, which has been going on for one-and-a-half months, said police. Police said the incident took place at Mahadev temple, located near the crematorium in Pimple Gurav. The other workers on the site, along with local residents, pulled out the workers, who were rushed to a hospital..