India, Aug. 5 -- One worker died and two others were rescued after being trapped under a heap of soil during drainage excavation work in the Nanded City area on Sinhagad Road on Monday.

The incident occurred around 5pm during digging work for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Project for Pollution Abatement of River Mula-Mutha, implemented by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

The deceased has been identified as Kaniram Prajapati, 55, a resident of a labour camp in Vadgaon Budruk. The two others who were rescued are Chetanlal Prajapati, 32, a resident of Wadjai Mata Mandir labour shed in Vadgaon Budruk, and Khurshid Ali, 27, a resident of Indrayani Heights in Nandedgaon.

Upon receiving the alert, rescue teams ...