“I screamed ‘niklo, niklo’ (get out) as soon as I saw the soil loosening and caving in. But they had very little time to move. I saw them being buried under a heap of soil. All this unfolded within a matter of seconds,” said Srinivas, who runs a condiments stall directly opposite the spot where the under-construction BDA underpass caved in on Tuesday.

Five workers were trapped when the soil caved in. Three workers managed to escape. Another trapped worker was rescued and shifted to a hospital where he was declared dead. The…

“I screamed ‘niklo, niklo’ (get out) as soon as I saw the soil loosening and caving in. But they had very little time to move. I saw them being buried under a heap of soil. All…