Gopeshwar (Uttarakhand):
One labourer engaged in road construction work on Badrinath national highway was killed on Wednesday after being hit by rocks falling from the hillside following a landslip, police said.
The incident occurred near Marwadi between Joshimath and Badrinath when rocks falling from the hillside hit three labourers engaged in a road construction project along the highway, Joshimath police station incharge Hemkant Semwal said.
One of them was killed on the spot. He was identified as Naresh, a labourer of Nepali origin who hailed from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, he said.
Another Nepali labourer Krishna and one Prem Singh, a labourer from Ravigram in Joshimath, were injured in the incident. They were referred to the district hospital after first aid, Semwal said.
