KATHMANDU, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Three Indian laborers were killed and three other Indian laborers were injured when a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Dang district of Nepal, 350 km south of Kathmandu, on Saturday morning, the government official said here.
Chief of the Dang District Administration Govinda Prasad Rijal told Xinhua that the incident occurred when the portion of the under-construction building of Samrat Cement Factory collapsed at around 1:00 a.m.
The deceased Indian nationals came from the Indian state of Jharkhand, officials said.
Those injured were rescued and rushed to local hospitals for treatment.
The general manager of the factory Remanta Dhakal told local media that the incident occurred when the laborers were working to set up the sixth floor of the under-construction building.
"Three Indian workers died on the spot after falling off from the under-construction building while three sustained injuries. We immediately rushed them to hospital," he said.
