Eluru (AP), Nov 3 Four workers were killed after a wall collapsed on them at a rural job scheme site in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district today, police said.

The workers were digging a drain under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) at Gollala Koderu village when the incident occurred, officials said.

One labourer suffered serious injuries and was admitted to a government hospital in nearby Bhimavaram town, they added.

The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.

In another incident in the same district, two persons drowned and as many went missing while taking a bath in the sea at Perupalem on the occasion of 'Kartik Purnima' yesterday, police said.

- (Agencies)