Damanjodi, Feb. 27 -- In a tragic mishap, two labourers died while another suffered critical injuries after a rod fell on them at the construction site of theNational Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) plant at Damanjodi in Odisha's Koraput district.

As per reports, all three workers were from Jharkhand. They were engaged in the expansion work of the alumina refinery plant. While one of the deceased was identified as Sama Rajbanshi (41), the identities of the other deceased and injured victim are yet to be established.

Sources said the labourers were working at the plant expansion site when an iron rod fell on them. Two of them succumbed while another suffered critical injuries. People nearby rushed the trio to Nalco hospital but doctors...