Soil wall caves in at Bengaluru underpass dig

A soil barrier gave way at an underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, on 11 August 2026, trapping daily-wage workers digging at roughly 20 feet below ground. (Photo: NationPress)

Workers were digging at a depth of about 20 feet when the soil barrier collapsed at the Kanteerava Studio underpass site in Bengaluru on 11 August 2026, leaving five labourers trapped. (Photo: NationPress)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA K. Gopalaiah visited the underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, on 11 August 2026, where two daily-wage labourers were killed and three injured in the soil barrier collapse. (Photo: NationPress)

BJP MLA K. Gopalaiah inspected the accident site near Kanteerava Studio in Bengaluru after the 11 August 2026 soil collapse claimed two lives and left three daily-wage workers injured during underpass construction. (Photo: NationPress)

Police personnel were deployed at the underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, after a soil barrier collapsed on 11 August 2026, trapping workers at a depth of about 20 feet. (Photo: NationPress)

Bengaluru fire brigade personnel recovered the bodies of two daily-wage labourers from the underpass trench near Kanteerava Studio on 11 August 2026, after the soil barrier collapse at a depth of about 20 feet. (Photo: NationPress)

Fire brigade teams worked to recover victims from a trench roughly 20 feet deep at the Kanteerava Studio underpass site in Bengaluru on 11 August 2026, following the sudden collapse of a soil barrier. (Photo: NationPress)

Two daily-wage labourers lost their lives after a soil barrier collapsed at the underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, on 11 August 2026, with fire brigade teams leading the recovery effort. (Photo: NationPress)

Three labourers were injured — and two killed — when a soil barrier gave way during underpass construction near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, on 11 August 2026, as fire brigade teams conducted recovery operations. (Photo: NationPress)

Emergency services including an ambulance and fire brigade teams responded to the underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, on 11 August 2026 after the soil barrier collapse trapped five workers. (Photo: NationPress)

Underpass construction near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, turned fatal on 11 August 2026 when a soil barrier collapsed, killing two daily-wage labourers and injuring three others who were digging at about 20 feet below ground. (Photo: NationPress)

A total of five labourers were affected — two killed and three injured — after a soil barrier failed at the underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, on 11 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

On 11 August 2026, a soil barrier collapsed at an underpass construction site near Kanteerava Studio, Bengaluru, at roughly 20 feet depth — killing two daily-wage labourers and injuring three others. Fire brigade and police responded. (Photo: NationPress)