Two migrant women labourers were crushed to death and two others were injured after a wall of a water tank collapsed in a brick factory at Samantpura village of Savli taluka of Vadodara district October 10. The incident occurred October 10 afternoon when four migrant women labourers working at the factory were washing clothes near the water tank, which had been constructed to supply water for the daily needs of the labourers living in the premises. The two deceased women were identified as Babli Devi Jatav, 29, and Gita Devi Jatav, 57, both residents of Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The women were rushed to a private hospital in Savli, where they were declared dead on arrival while two injured women — Rukmini Devi Jatav, 25, and Puran Devi Jatav, 50, are currently undergoing treatment. It was essentially an underground tank with a few feet of the retaining wall above the ground to allow the women to draw water.

Source: Indian Express October 11, 2021 21:45 UTC