India, Feb. 17 -- Eight construction workers were injured after a shuttering fitted to an overhead water tank, built as part of the "Jal Jeevan Mission", collapsed at the Ukhlarsi cremation ground in Muradnagar on Sunday morning.

Notably, it is the same site where 24 people were killed after a roof collapsed on January 3, 2021.

The latest incident occurred around 9.30am when about eight of a dozen workers, who climbed up the top portion of the water tank, fell to the ground as a shuttering fitted to the water tank collapsed, officers said.

"The overhead water tank is being constructed as part of 'Jal Jeevan Mission' (urban). The workers had climbed the shuttering to take up construction. But they fell to the ground, possibly due to loo...