INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Three days after a seven-year-old boy drowned when he fell into a deep pit dug for the Ganga Expressway road project work, two more children
- aged 10 and 11 - died under similar circumstances in UP's Budaun district on Saturday
Budaun district magistrate Manoj Kumar told TOI: "I've directed all sub divisional magistrates to identify such pits and take necessary
measures to ensure the safety of locals"
The incident took place at Ughaiti village where a large pit was purportedly dug by a construction firm working under the expressway project
Two friends - Furqan Ali (10) and Yameen Ali (11) - were going to their farms when Furqan slipped and fell into the pit
Seeing his friend struggling in the water, Yameen dived in to save him
Furqan's father said, "People from nearby fields rushed to save the children but they had drowned by then."
