Four labourers killed in Assam Gas Cracker project
Following the incident enraged labourers set ablaze the construction company's office and damaged several vehicles.
A top official of BCPL said IOT Limited, a firm engaged for constructing the gas cracker project at Lepetkata in the Upper Assam district, had sent a labourer into the tank to check if it is clean.
“But the labourer did not come out and the firm sent another labourer in the tank. The firm sent four labourers one by one in the tank, but they did not come out. Later a rescue team with oxygen masks had sent in the tank and rescued four labourers in serious condition,” the BPCL official said.
The injured labourers were taken to hospital but two labourers named Hiren Gogoi and Harish Cheleng died before reaching the medical facility.
Hemanta Das and Gajen Gogoi succumbed to their injuries during the treatment.
Following the incident, some enraged labourers had set ablaze a office of the construction company and damaged several vehicles.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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