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Rescue Teams Press On to Reach Five Trapped in Rajasthan Pipeline Collapse

Rescuers are using earthmoving machines to clear rain-softened soil to reach the five workers still buried.

4 labourers die in mudslide during pipeline excavation in rain-hit Rajasthan's Bharatpur.
Villagers from Jangi Ka Nagla, Uttu and other villages had reached to take soil that was being dug at the site. (Sourced/HT)
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Overview

  • Rescue teams from the SDRF, NDRF, police and local disaster management have been working since early morning to recover five labourers still trapped under a 10-foot trench near Jangi Ka Nagla.
  • Earlier in the day, seven labourers were pulled from the collapsed soil; two—Ankul, 22, and Vimla Devi, 45—died, and five were injured and admitted to the district hospital.
  • The site lies between Jangi Ka Nagla and Daulatgarh under the Gehndoli Mode police station in Bharatpur district, where digging is part of the Chambal drinking water pipeline project.
  • Monsoon rains have saturated the soil, causing instability that officials say likely triggered the cave-in and is complicating rescue operations.
  • Authorities are monitoring weather forecasts closely to plan further excavation and prevent additional collapses as the operation continues.