Ratlam (MP), Sep 16 (PTI) A labourer was killed and another was injured when a heap of soil collapsed on them while working on a sewer line in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district, officials said on Monday.

The incident occurred in the Dilip Nagar area on Sunday, and employees of a firm for which the labourers worked on contract staged a protest on Monday.

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The victims, who were contractual employees of a firm, were working in a 10-feet-deep pit dug up for a sewer line, Salakhedi police post in-charge Mukesh Yadav said.

The duo were trapped when a heap of soil and debris collapsed on them, he said.

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They were extricated by other workers and rushed to a hospital, where Sunil Gauhar (26) was declared dead, he said.

Meanwhile, the company's employees staged a protest on the campus of the civic body on Monday.

Kamal Bhati, the leader of the employees, alleged that the labourers were not provided any safety equipment.

He demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore and a government job for the kin of the deceased.

Mayor Prahlad Patel later announced Rs 5 lakh compensation and assured the job of outsourced employee to the deceased's wife.

Municipal commissioner Himanshu Bhatt said action will be taken against the company working on the sewer project.

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