Alappuzha: Two persons were killed and several workers injured as a church under construction at Aroor near Alappuzha collapsed on Monday evening.
While Bishwanath (53) from Bihar died Monday night, another labourer, Suresh of Thirunelveli, died in a government hospital at nearby Cherthala early Tuesday morning.
Nine others are being treated at different hospitals in Kochi and here for injuries sustained when concreting work of a new structure of St Augustine Church came crashing down last evening.
Though search and rescue operations were conducted for several hours last evening none was found dead trapped in the debris.
Police have registered a case against the contractor executing the work, who is yet to be traced.