Agencies
New Delhi, April 25:
An under-construction building in Satya Niketan area of Delhi collapsed on Monday.
Six fire tenders were rushed to the spot after receiving the information.
Rescue operations are underway. The house was undergoing repairs when it collapsed.
Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Services told PTI, “We received a call around 1:24 pm about a house collapse in Satya Niketan building number 173 here. Six fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.”
Five labourers are trapped under the debris and efforts are being made to rescue them, he said.
Police said their team is also at the spot and helping with the rescue operation.
“It was someone’s house who wanted to get it repaired. We had pasted a notice on March 31 that the building is in danger zone. We also intimated the police, SDM on April 14. As per my knowledge, 2-3 people are trapped inside,” Mukesh Suryan, SDMC Mayor
The incident occurs month after another under-construction building had collapsed in Delhi’s Kashmere Gate, injuring three workers.
Apart from the eight rescued, 25 others were also working in nearby shops or were passers by. They were also stuck in the debris. All of them were evacuated by residents, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) North Sagar Singh Kalsi had told.
In recent times, there have been instances of building collapse in the Delhi-NCR region. On February 10, two people had died after the ceiling of a sixth-floor flat in a condominium in Gurugram’s Sector 109 collapsed, causing all the floors underneath the room to cave-in.The incident had taken place in a flat in the 18-storey Tower D of Chintels Paradiso. Renovation work was being carried out by the owner of the flat when the mishap took place.
