India, July 6 -- Two construction workers were injured - one of them seriously - after a retaining wall collapsed at a construction site near Bhel Chowk in the Pradhikaran area of Pimpri-Chinchwad Sunday afternoon. The mishap comes amid continuous monsoon rains that have battered Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad over the past few days, keeping emergency services on high alert.

According to the Pimpri-Chinchwad fire department, the Pradhikaran sub-fire station at 1.02 pm received a wireless alert from the main fire station about a reported slab collapse near Kotak Mahindra Bank at Bhel Chowk. A fire engine and rescue team were immediately pressed into service, leaving the station at 1.03 pm and reaching the site a minute later.

Upon reaching th...