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5 labourers killed as soil caves in during well excavation
P A N N A ( M a d h y a Pradesh), May 26: Five labourers were killed after soil caved in on them while they were digging a well in a village in MP’s Panna district. The incident occurred in Biharpurwa village around 12 pm, an official said. Police said that the labourers were working at the site of a public irrigation well, being constructed under the MNREGA scheme, when the soil collapsed on them. The deceased were identified as Ashish Yadav, Rajkumar Yadav, Rampal Yadav, Chunnu Yadav, and Chunvad Pal. The bodies were extricated from the soil and sent for post-mortem, an official said. (PTI)