Tragedy at tarbela: Two Chinese workers killed
Tragedy at tarbela: Two Chinese workers killed
HARIPUR:
Two Chinese engineers and two other men were killed and four wounded late Saturday when scaffolding at a construction site gave in to heavy rains at Tarbela Dam.
Four Chinese engineers, along with four Pakistani workers, were working on a concrete column at the power house of Extension 4 of Tarbela Dam when it collapsed burying all eight underneath the debris.
The two Chinese engineers were referred to the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for the treatment of their critical wounds, while the two Pakistanis, identified as Mohsin and Abu Bakar, were admitted at the CMH Tarbela.
PM Nawaz Sharif offered his condolences to the families of the Chinese engineers and directed authorities to make quick arrangements for sending the bodies to their homeland.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2016.
Two Chinese engineers and two other men were killed and four wounded late Saturday when scaffolding at a construction site gave in to heavy rains at Tarbela Dam.
Four Chinese engineers, along with four Pakistani workers, were working on a concrete column at the power house of Extension 4 of Tarbela Dam when it collapsed burying all eight underneath the debris.
The two Chinese engineers were referred to the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for the treatment of their critical wounds, while the two Pakistanis, identified as Mohsin and Abu Bakar, were admitted at the CMH Tarbela.
PM Nawaz Sharif offered his condolences to the families of the Chinese engineers and directed authorities to make quick arrangements for sending the bodies to their homeland.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2016.