Solapur — Four workers were buried after a section of the boundary wall of a well collapsed during excavation work at Ambe village in Pandharpur taluka of Solapur district on Sunday, and the four men are feared dead, The Indian Express reported. The workers were inside the well area for digging work when the wall gave way, burying them under soil and debris.

Source: The Indian Express

Local Marathi reporting identified the trapped workers as Sidhu Ghadge and Mangesh More from Ranjani village, and Aba Ghodke and Tanaji Ghodke from Anawali village, all in Pandharpur taluka. Police and district administration officials reached the spot soon after the collapse was reported.

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A rescue operation was underway at the site, with JCB earthmovers being used to remove soil and debris to reach the buried workers, the Marathi report said. NewsX, reporting on the same collapse, said the four labourers were buried under the debris of the well's retaining wall during excavation in Ambe village and that rescue teams had rushed to the site.

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Officials had not issued a final confirmed toll or a finding on why the wall collapsed at the time of reporting. Well-digging and deepening work is common across drought-prone parts of Solapur district, where workers descend into deep, wide-bore wells with little structural protection — a risk that Sunday's collapse has again brought into focus.

Source: The Indian Express