Hyderabad Tragedy: Balcony Collapse Kills Two Workers

Sunday brought sorrow to Hyderabad’s Begumpet as a third-floor balcony in Kundan Bagh’s Methodist Colony surrendered to gravity, ending two lives and imperiling a third. Panjagutta police confirmed the deaths of electricians Devi Das, 56, and Vivek, 32, hired by flat owner Divakar Prasad for electrical fixes.

Standing nearby as the men worked, Prasad joined them in the plunge when the slab disintegrated. While the workers didn’t survive the impact, Prasad clings to life in hospital. Bodies await autopsy at Gandhi Hospital amid a police probe into possible structural defects.

The collapse amplifies growing fears about apartment safety in bustling Hyderabad, urging comprehensive safety drives.

In Khammam, Telangana, 70-year-old farmer Venkatarami Reddy from Banigindalapadu hanged himself over debts, with the act severing his head. Police console a grieving widow and daughter.

A fiery accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur saw a family scorched while refueling a bike in Gonabavi village. The child’s critical injuries have mobilized medical teams in a race against time.