Five workers were injured when a 400-kilowatt transmission line tower collapsed here on Saturday, officials said.<\/p>\n
ACP (Tharwai) Chandrapal Singh said that on Saturday, some electric work was underway on a 400-kilowatt transmission line connecting Bengal to Delhi in the Sahason area under Tharwai police station.<\/p>\n
In the same sequence, while pulling the wire, a tower suddenly fell on the workers and injured them, the ACP said.<\/p>\n
The police reached the spot and rushed the injured workers to a hospital. Two of them were discharged after receiving first aid, while three were seriously injured and were referred to SRN Hospital in Prayagraj, ACP said.<\/p>\n
Further investigation into the matter is underway, he added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ganganagar) Kuldeep Gunawat clarified that the incident took place in a rural area, far from the city and is not related to the Maha Kumbh preparations.<\/p>\n
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