Hotel employee buried alive, 2 injured as retaining wall collapses in Himachal’s Parwanoo

Tribune News Service

Solan, August 3

An employee of Paradise Hotel at Sector 3 in Parwanoo was killed and two others injured when its retaining wall facing the hill collapsed following heavy rain and debris fell on a tinned shed constructed on its roof where the employees were sleeping around 1:45 am on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Lalu (22), a migrant from Sahajanpur in Uttar Pradesh, while those injured are Amar Singh (19) from Kanpur and Ram Lal Thapa (47) of nearby Kamli village.

The shed was constructed on the roof of the four-storey hotel.

Rescue operations were initiated by the police and fire staff immediately.

Parwanoo DSP Yogesh Rolta, who rushed to the spot, said the two employees managed to save themselves as the debris fell while Lallu, who was asleep as he had come back from work at 1:00 am, was buried under the debris. He was declared brought dead by doctors at the ESI hospital.

The other two have sustained injuries. They worked as sweepers and cook at the hotel.

Further probe was underway.