Alappuzha: With one more worker succumbing to his injuries in the wee hours on Tuesday, the toll in the collapse of an under construction church at nearby Aroor rose to two. Nine others are being treated at different hospitals in Kochi and here for injuries sustained when concreting work of a new structure of St Augustine Church came crashing down on Monday evening.
While Vishwanath from Bihar died on Monday night, another labourer, whose identity is yet to be established, died in a government hospital at nearby Cherthala early this morning, police sources said.
Though search and rescue operations were conducted for several hours on Monday evening, none was found dead trapped in the debris. Police have registered a case against the contractor executing the work, who is yet to be traced....
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12:59 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Alappuzha: A worker was killed and 10 others were injured as an under construction Church in Kerala's Alappuzha district collapsed on Monday evening. At least 20 workers were present at the construction site when the dome of the church collapsed. Most of them were rescued later but three are still missing from the site. An inquiry has been ordered. The mishap occurred when the concreting work of a new structure...
10:40 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Four tourist from Tamil Nadu, including a child, drowned in Kerala's Alappuzha district after a houseboat capsized on Saturday. The incident took place at a popular tourist spot of the district, Punnamada lake. ...
04:44 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: One person was killed when two houseboats went up in flames in Kerala's tourist location of Alappuzha. Investigations are on to establish the cause of the fire, police said Thursday. "Three houseboats were docked at the site. Two were gutted in the fire. The third was moved away before the flames could reach it. A casual worker who was sleeping in one of the boats died," said Tomy Pulikattil,...
03:25 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Efforts continued on Friday to identify the ship that rammed into a fishing boat off Kerala coast causing the death of two fishermen from the state with shipping authorities questioning a number of ships. "We are questioning a number of ships (that passed through the area) but will not like to prematurely blame any of them," a source in the Director General of Shipping told in Mumbai. Several ships...
12:18 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Alappuzha: Kerala health department on Saturday began a probe into 'mass caesarians' performed on pregnant women in a brief two day span in a government hospital in Alappuzha, allegedly to suit the 'holiday' plans of gynaecologists. Adding a serious dimension, health experts alleged that the number of caesarians performed every year in Kerala far outstrips the limit set by the WHO. While the UN health agency has fixed caesarian section...
12:53 PM, Apr 23, 2011
Constituencies of Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha went polling on Saturday. ...
08:17 PM, Nov 07, 2009
