Delhi Satyaniketan Building Collapse: Police said the house was undergoing renovation work and the labourers had been working at the house for over a month. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha) At least seven labourers were trapped under the debris for hours after a three-storey house collapsed in South Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on Monday afternoon. All the labourers were rescued, but two of them succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
Police said the house was undergoing renovation work and the labourers had been working at the house for over a month.
At 1.20 pm, the upper half of the building collapsed and all the labourers got stuck. Locals called police and fire officials. Within minutes, teams of the National Disaster Response Force with a canine squad also reached the spot.
Municipal corporation officials called in cranes to lift the concrete and rescue the men. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha) Atul Garg, chief of the Delhi Fire Services, had earlier said, “The rescue operation started around 2 pm and we have managed to pull out four labourers. Personnel are deployed at the spot to check for others.”
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “This incident is very sad. The district administration is engaged in relief and rescue work. I’m keeping track of the incident”
ये हादसा बेहद दुखद है। ज़िला प्रशासन राहत और बचाव के काम में जुटा है। मैं ख़ुद घटना से सम्बंधित हर जानकारी ले रहा हूँ। https://t.co/dO8l2zEWon
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 25, 2022
Officials said only one police PCR van and an ambulance were stationed in the lane because of the lack of space. Municipal corporation officials called in cranes to lift the concrete and rescue the men. Visuals from the spot show rescue workers giving water bottles to the trapped labourers through holes in the building.
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