Gurugram, Aug. 7 -- 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.

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.

"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 colla...