Two workers were killed and another severely injured when a container fell on them at under-construction Rampal Power Plant in Bagerhat recently.
Two workers Nayeb Ali, 45, and Firoz, 49, hailing from Bheramara upazila of Kushtia died on the spot when a heavy iron container fell on them, said Lutfar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Rampal Police Station.
Sohanur, 24, the injured worker, was sent to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Khulna Gazi Medical College Hospital. He underwent a surgery there, he said.
The dead bodies were handed over to the respective family members, said Rezaul Karim, deputy project director of the coal-fired power plant.
The contractors have been asked to compensate the deceased workers’ family, he added.
