India, May 29 -- LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday dismissed and suspended over a dozen employees in Sitapur where a newly constructed water tank built under the Jal Jeevan Mission collapsed earlier in the day.

The construction agency and the agency that checked the quality of the construction have also been blacklisted. As per reports, the water tank collapsed in Chunka village in Mahmudabad area of Sitapur district. However, no casualties have been reported so far.

The locals said the tank had been supplying water to the village for the past two months and it was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.531.50 lakh ( Rs.5.31 crore).

This is the second incident within a year in Sitapur district involving the collapse of a...