Jaipur: As many as 13 people have been killed in two incidents in Rajasthan. Eight people have lost their life in cylinder blast in Bikaner on Wednesday, while five killed in an overturn of tractor trolley in Bundi on Thursday.
Three persons were killed in the cylinder blast incident happened in a jewelry market in Bikaner on Wednesday while five more bodies were recovered from the debris on Thursday.
The blast was so powerful that two floors in the basement collapsed. A shopkeeper said that many shops have been damaged in this accident and gold worth lakhs of rupees has been buried here. The blast was so powerful that it felt as if there was an air strike.
A tractor-trolley full of Baraties overturned while trying to save a bike on State Highway 27 in Bundi district of Rajasthan on Thursday. Five people, including a child, died on the spot in the accident, while more than 25 were seriously injured.
Bundi District Collector Akshay Godara said that the trolley went out of control and overturned while trying to save the bike. Prima facie five people have died in the accident, including a girl and four women. The collector said that necessary instructions have been given for the treatment of the injured.
