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AsiaPac · 41 mins ago

‘Saw them being buried under a heap of soil within a matter of seconds‘

The 20-foot-deep soil wall that collapsed at an underpass construction site near Bengaluru’s Dr Rajkumar Memorial, causing the death of two workers and injuring three. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN “I screamed ‘niklo, niklo’ (get out) as soon as I saw the soil loosening and caving in. But they had very little time to move. I saw them being buried under a heap of soil. All this unfolded within a matter of seconds,” said Srinivas, who runs a condiments stall directly opposite the spot where the under-construction BDA underpass caved in on Tuesday.Srinivas had opened his shop about an hour earlier and had exchanged greetings with the construction workers at the site. He knew them, as the work had been in progress for some time.“I was looking at my phone when I felt something moving in front
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