Dharwad building collapse: Death toll rises to 14, rescue operations continue
India | March 22, 2019 11:30 IST"Several people were suspected to be trapped under the rubble." Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy told the media.
"Several people were suspected to be trapped under the rubble." Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy told the media.
Police said rescue operations have been intensified to extricate 30 people believed to be still trapped beneath the debris.
The owner of the building that collapsed here on January 24 in which seven people were killed has been arrested, police said on Sunday.
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According to news agency ANI, no casualties have been reported so far.
Police, fire department and dog squad were deployed to look for people trapped inside the rubble of the collapsed building.
Nearly 60 labourers were working inside the two-storey building when the structure collapsed around 3:30 pm today, reports said.
An FIR has been registered at the Sector 39 police station, under whose jurisdiction the building is located, police said.
The building collapsed Wednesday, three weeks after the 20-year-old structure was "inspected" by a municipal team following complaints, according to police.
Four children and a woman were killed and at least seven injured after a four-storey building collapsed in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar Wednesday, police said.
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The incident took place near Sawan Park close to Satyawati College in north Delhi.
One person was killed after a building collapsed in Greater Noida’s Dankaur town. Another person was rescued by the locals. The incident was reported on Friday night near Dankaur police station.
Another two-storey building came crumbling down in Ghaziabad’s Tronica City.
Several buildings collapsed in the past two months due to heavy rains which affected the poor condition of the buildings affecting dozens of lives.
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Vice chairperson of GDA and district magistrate Ritu Maheshwari on Sunday said that 650 buildings have been identified and they would be sealed by the authority and Nagar Nigam by the end of this month.
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