BHOPAL: Three people lost their lives and eight were critically injured when a 70-foot-high 400KV transmission tower collapsed in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday afternoon.
All the victims are from West Bengal. Police said old towers were being replaced and the contract was given to a firm in Bengal.
The tower that collapsed was being put up in Aamdad village of Rampur Naikin panchayat, some 40km from Sidhi district headquarters and 600km from Bhopal.
Around 12.30pm, the tower suddenly came crashing to the ground. Other workers and locals rushed to extricate the victims from the twisted jumble of metal.
The administration was alerted and police took all the victims to hospital.
Two of them died on the way to Sanjay Gandhi Medical College in Rewa, 50km from the accident site, and a third was declared dead on arrival. The deceased were identified as Ajmir Momin, Mubarak and Sintu Momin.
Among the injured are Shahid Sheikh, Imadul Shaikh and Hamidul Nadab, SK Dildar Sheikh, Dilawar Hussain, SK Mafan, Amarat Sheikh and Sk Hamidul.
Some of the victims are from Malda.
Police are investigating the incident. Sources say one of the new towers suddenly tilted, pulling down the one that workers had climbed.
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