As many as seventeen employees had been injured on Saturday after a slab of an under-construction gate of a temple in Koradi in Nagpur collapsed throughout work. Three employees are reportedly in a important situation. NDRF and police have initiated rescue efforts as some employees might have been trapped underneath the particles.

The incident came about on the Mahalaxmi Jagadamba Devasthan at round 8:00 PM, information company PTI reported. No casualties have been reported thus far.

“Seventeen employees had been injured, three of whom are important. They’ve been hospitalised. Rescue operations had been launched instantly by the police, hearth brigade and people within the neighborhood. NDRF personnel are additionally on the website. The operation is being monitored by District Collector Vipin Itankar and Deputy Commissioner of Police Niketan Kadam,” PTI quoted an official as saying.

#WATCH | Maharashtra | Portion of an under-construction construction collapsed in the course of the development of a gate positioned on Khaparkheda to Koradi Temple route in Nagpur. 15-16 individuals who sustained minor accidents have been shifted to hospitals for medical therapy. Particles being… pic.twitter.com/I2wHNwOPER

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2025

The reason for the collapse is but to be ascertained, the official stated, including consultants can be inspecting the positioning in a while.  

“We rescued 9 folks. They’ve sustained accidents and have been taken to hospitals. Individuals fell down when the slab collapsed. They had been coated in blood,” an area instructed information company ANI.

#WATCH | Maharashtra | Portion of an under-construction construction collapsed in the course of the development of a gate of Koradi temple in Nagpur. 15-16 individuals who sustained minor accidents have been shifted to hospitals for medical therapy. Particles is being eliminated with the assistance of… pic.twitter.com/x99gj60LZr

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2025

Inspector Krupal Mule of 5 Battalion NDRF instructed ANI that by the point a staff of 5 Battalion NDRF reached the accident spot, the construction had fully collapsed.

“After we requested, we had been instructed that everybody who was working right here had been injured however all of them had been rescued…No one was discovered trapped right here. We first carried out a bodily search right here, adopted by a canine search. There would not appear to be anybody trapped right here thus far…However we are going to first must clear the particles, and solely after that may a remark be made…It’s being stated that development work was ongoing and as a result of vibrations (of apparatus), all of it collapsed directly. There’s a 4-5 ft tall pile of particles right here,” he stated.