17 Jharkhand workers injured as vehicle overturns near Nellore; Collector orders inquiry
Seventeen workers from Jharkhand were injured when their vehicle overturned near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, while traveling for a power line project. The District Collector has ordered an inquiry and mandated financial assistance for the victims.
Why it matters
The incident underscores labor safety concerns and the administrative response to industrial accidents involving migrant workers.
Seventeen of 21 workers from Jharkhand were injured when their vehicle overturned on the highway near Buja Buja Nellore on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) evening. The accident took place while they were going to Daggavolu near Balayapalle in Tirupati district for work related to the shifting of power lines. They were admitted to the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Nellore.
On learning of the accident, District Collector Himanshu Shukla reached the GGH to assess the medical care being provided and asked about the condition of the injured. He asked the contractor to provide immediate financial assistance of ₹10,000 each to 16 injured workers undergoing treatment in the orthopaedic surgical wards and ₹1 lakh to a patient undergoing treatment in the ICU.
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