India, Oct. 13 -- Working on the 48th floor of an under-construction building without safety belts, two labourers plunged to their deaths after a wire supporting their work cradle snapped at a Nahur construction site on Sunday. A third worker, who was wearing a safety belt, survived the accident, exposing the potentially fatal consequences of safety lapses at the high-rise project.

The two deceased, Saif Ali, 21, from Bihar's Champaran district, and Mohammad Suhaib, 31, from Gaya, were carrying out exterior lighting work at the Sunroof Project of Pioneer Housing Society on Airoli-Bhandup Road when the accident occurred. According to the police, the snapping of one of the cradle's supporting wires caused the platform to tilt sharply, thro...