Overview
- A section of an under-construction septic/sewerage tank wall at the Aravali Palace Resort in Tala Mod, Jaipur, collapsed while labourers were working in the pit on Monday, killing three and injuring more than a dozen.
- Police, the district administration, local residents and a State Disaster Response Force team pulled workers from the rubble and moved the injured to nearby hospitals for treatment.
- Authorities identified the dead as Savita, Rinku and Ramjilal and said some injured are in serious condition while rescue and debris-clearing work continued at the site.
- Investigators have filed a criminal case against the contractor and site management and are examining whether mandated safety measures were followed or ignored.
- Family members say the wall had shown cracks and warnings went unheeded, a claim that feeds wider concern about construction and maintenance standards in the Jaipur area after last year’s partial collapse of Amer Fort’s outer wall.