Maddur: Two labourers were killed after they were buried alive while at work on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway expansion in front of the Agriculture Department Office in Maddur last evening.
The deceased labourers are Kashinath (36) and Raju Gandh (30), both hailing from Jharkhand. The Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway expansion works has been awarded to Dileep Build Con, a Bhopal-based company and the works pertaining to the construction of a bridge were taken up for which 12 ft. deep and 20 ft. wide pit was dug up to construct pillars.
