Mail News Service
Imphal, July 24: A couple travelling in an Activa were killed when the Activa was hit by a Tata Winger near Utlou Power House yesterday around 2.45 p.m.
The victims were identified as Leishangthem Bochao (35) his wife Sushini (33), Kabowakching Mayai Leikai.
The husband died yesterday while his wife Sushini who is seven months pregnant succumbed to her injuries at Shija Hospital this early morning.
In another incident a worker who was engaged in the construction of railways at Khongsang under Nungba PS died when he fell dawn from tunnel No. 12 yesterday.
The labourer is identified as Abhishek Ranjan, 19, son of Rameshwar Jahah, a native of Bihar’s Meidiyapura district.
The incident happened at around 6:30 am yesterday at the Tunnel No-12 of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line at Khongsang along Imphal-Jiri road in Tamenglong district when Abhisek was killed after a large portion of earth inside the tunnel caved in and fell over him. Several labourers were also working alongside at the site when the incident happened.
Tunnel drilling works along the tunnel has been stopped after the incident, official sources said.
Workers engaged in the railway track construction works have been facing problem due to frequent mudslides inside the tunnel as incessant rain hits the area.
The rail line was declared a National Project by the government of India in February 2005 and the track laying up to Tupul is expected to complete by 2014.
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