Phulbani (Odisha), Aug 27: At least two labourers were killed on Friday after several large marble slabs fell on them while being unloaded from a truck in Odisha’s Boudh district, police said. The incident took place at Rajanpalli on National Highway- 57 near Boudh town, a police officer said. Several marble slabs fell on Biswamitra Dehury and Panchanan Nayak while they were unloading the construction materials from the truck, he said. Fire brigade personnel deployed a JCB machine and recovered the bodies from the heap of slabs, the officer said. Local people blocked the national highway for a brief period, demanding adequate compensation to families of the two deceased.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examinations, and a case has been registered, he added.
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