India, Feb. 18 -- The Ghaziabad police have registered a first information report (FIR) against a contractor firm's officials, taking cognizance of a shuttering collapse incident in Muradnagar that left eight construction workers injured after falling from an overhead tank at Ukhlarsi cremation ground on Sunday morning.

The tank was being built as part of 'Jal Jeevan Mission', a central government scheme to provide tap water to every rural house, when some of the workers fell off from about 20 metres high platform.

The venue, incidentally is the same site where 24 people died after a roof collapse on January 3, 2021.

"Police took cognizance and have registered an FIR against two officials of the construction company (JSP projects) for ...