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Rajasthan: Three labourers die, five injured in wall collapse

Jaipur, Aug 4 (UNI) Three labourers, two of them women, were killed and at least five others were seriously injured when the wall of an under-construction building collapsed in Bharja village near Pindwara town in Sirohi district of Rajasthan today.
The labourers were engaged in the work on the third floor of the building when the rain-soaked wall caved in, burying the victims under the debris.
Three labourers died on the spot, while 5 were rushed to the nearby hospital in Rohida. They were later referred to the hospital at Abu Road, police said.
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