Hyderabad, May 9 -- After the city received a heavy downpour earlier this week, which came as a sigh of relief from a scorching heat for many, it was not the same for the workers who had migrated to the city in pursuit of livelihood.

At Buchapally, a perimeter wall of an under-construction building killed seven workers, including three of a family, after it collapsed due to the torrential rain. All of the deceased-Tirupati and Shankar, both aged 20, Raju 25, his wife Khushi, Ram Yadav, his wife Geetha Yadav, and their 4-year-old son-hailed from Odisha.

Consequently, the bereaved kin of the laborers are in a quandary with no one to help them, leaving them in despair.

'Treated like animals'

While speaking to local media, Udal Yadav, a r...