Nitish expresses grief over death of six Bihari labourers in Karnataka

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday expressed profound grief over death of six labourers belonging to the state, who were killed on Friday in an accident at a cement factory in Kalaburagi city of Karnataka.

The chief minister has directed Labour Resources Department officials to get the details of the incident and ensure payment of ex-gratia at the earliest to the next of the kins of the deceased as per the provisions of the department, an official release said.

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Kumar also prayed for speedy recovery of those injured in the incident, it said.

It may be noted that six labourers had died on Friday at Kalaburagi in Karnataka when a crane at an under-construction site of a cement factory collapsed on them.