North Lakhimpur, April 8 -- One worker lost his life when the crane he was working on fell from a height of 116 feet at the nearly completed 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydro-electrical Power (SLHEP) dam at Gerukamukh, located on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh inter-state boundary.

The incident occurred late Monday afternoon when the 116-foot-high crane crashed to the ground, breaking into pieces and killing the lone worker aboard.

The victim has been identified as Manoj Sonowal (26) from Salakhbari in Gogamukh.

Panic spread at the accident site, prompting authorities to expedite the rescue operation. After about an hour of searching, rescuers recovered the victim's body, buried under a pile of earth at the site.

This incident marks the seco...