The women were clearing the gravel, which they had kept on one side of the road, when it fell on them, they said
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Three women labourers were killed and two injured when a huge mound of gravel fell on them while they were undertaking some work at Kustapur village in the district today, police said.
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The women were clearing the gravel, which they had kept on one side of the road, when it fell on them, they said. The women were part of a work force which was laying a road in the village under the Rural employment generation scheme, police said.
The injured women have been hospitalised and are out of danger, they said.
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