Haryana rights body seeks report on death of 7 workers at Gurugram construction site collapse

CHANDIGARH: (Mar 23) The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has issued notices to concerned officials, directing them to submit reports on the death of seven workers when a mound of soil collapsed at a construction site in Gurugram.

The HHRC took suo motu cognisance of recent media reports regarding the incident at an under-construction sewage treatment plant (STP) site of Signature Global at Sidhrawali village near Delhi's Jaipur Expressway in Gurugram district.

Six of the workers, who died in the March 9 incident, were from Jharkhand, while one was from Rajasthan. Four other workers were injured.