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Andhra labourer drowns in construction pit in Bihar

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Press Trust of India Nawada (Bihar)

The labourer, identified as V Venkataiya, slipped into the deep crater filled with water, while taking a bath, the sources said.

A native of Kalpitti village of Andhra's Mehboobnagar district, Venkataiya was working at the under-construction site for the four-laning project on NH-31 being executed by a construction company, they said.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and the labourer's kin back home informed about the incident, the sources added.

  

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First Published: Nov 16 2012 | 5:15 PM IST

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