### [2026-07-8](/feed/2026/07/8/index.md)

##### Garbage heap
# Nine workers are killed and 14 others are rescued after heavy rain causes a garbage heap to collapse onto an administrative building at a waste-to-energy plant near Pune, Maharashtra, India, prompting a temporary suspension of operations. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''Dawn](https://www.dawn.com/news/2015081)

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