A tragic incident took place in Guwahati on Saturday where a labourer died and two injured during an excavation work in Guwahati Refinary.
As per sources, a heap of soil fell on the labourers during the ongoing work where one labourer, identified as Karim Ali, who was rushed to the nearby hospital was declared dead while two others are critically injured and under tratment at the hospital. The injured labourers are identified as Abdul Malik and Rajani Kalita.
It may be mentioned that a number of labourers were engaged in excavation work of the Nikon project at the refinery.
Meanwhile, the refinery staffs have demanded compensation for the affected families of the labourers.