A 25-year-old worker, Sikandar Ali, was trapped in a pit after it collapsed during excavation work for a sewerage tank in Sikar’s Udyog Nagar police station area on Saturday. The incident occurred near Piprali crossing, where workers were digging a pit for a sewerage tank at a girls’ hostel.
According to officials, the workers immediately informed the police and attempted to rescue Ali, but were unable to locate him. A JCB machine was brought in to remove the soil, but their efforts were unsuccessful. Police and Civil Defence teams were subsequently called to the scene to launch a rescue operation, which is currently underway.
The excavation work was being carried out for a sewerage tank at the girls’ hostel, and students staying in the front portion of the hostel were evacuated for safety reasons. The police stated that wet soil from another sewerage tank inside the excavation collapsed, burying Ali in a pit approximately 23 feet deep.
The rescue operation is ongoing, with officials working to safely extract Ali from the pit. Further details on the incident are awaited as the situation continues to unfold.
