Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the loss of lives in a wall collapse incident in Mehsana, Gujarat. In a social media post, Mr Modi said, under the supervision of the state government, the local administration is engaged in providing all possible help to the victims.

Mr Modi has announced that an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees will be given to the next of kin of each deceased from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. The injured will be given 50 thousand rupees.

Six workers were killed and several were injured after a wall collapsed at a private construction site. The incident took place near Kadi town, around 37 km from the Mehsana district headquarters. Labourers were digging a pit for an underground tank for a factory at Jasalpur village when loose soil caved in and buried them alive.