Gurugram: Two workers killed as dilapidated school wall collapses in DLF Phase-II

Police officer said that both were working at the site to replace several old plants with new one when the wall collapsed on them.

Updated on: Aug 7, 2026, 18:26:52 IST

By Debashish Karmakar, Gurugram

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Two workers were killed after a dilapidated wall of a private school in Gurugram’s DLF Phase-II collapsed on them amid continuous heavy rain on Friday evening, police said.

Public relations officer (PRO) of the Gurugram police Sandeep Turan said that both workers were taken to the civil hospital but doctors declared them dead on arrival. (Representative photo)

The deceased were identified as Dayanand (45) and Suraj (35), both from Kithor village in Meerut.

A senior police officer said that both were working at the site to replace several old plants with new ones.

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“They were resting along a damaged wall of the old building of the school around 5pm when it collapsed on them,” he said.

Police officers said that construction and renovation work was underway on the school premises as a new extended building was coming up. However, due to continuous rain, the walls of the old building had weakened and collapsed on Friday evening.

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The officers said that by the time other workers and locals could pull the duo out after removing the debris, they had died.

Public relations officer (PRO) of the Gurugram police Sandeep Turan said that both workers were taken to the civil hospital, but doctors declared them dead on arrival. “Their families have been alerted. Further action will be taken on the basis of the complaint which they submit after reaching Gurugram,” Turan added.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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