2 dead 3 rescued after building collapses in Delhi FIR lodged
New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Two labourers died and three others were rescued after a three-storey house that was undergoing renovation collapsed in south Delhis Satya Niketan area on Monday police saidAnother labourer who was outside the dilapidated building at the time of the incident had a narrow escape they said adding that an FIR has been registered in the matterThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC also announced a probe into the incidentAround 125 pm a PCR call was received at South Campus police station about the building collapse in Satya Niketan the police saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Southwest Manoj C said One labourer who was outside the building had a narrow escape He sustained injuries and was admitted to a hospital for treatment Southwest district police with assistance from Delhi Fire Services and NDRF began the rescue operation at the spot and rescued all the five trapped labourers he saidTwo labourers died later and the remaining four are undergoing treatment he saidAn FIR has been registered in the matter the DCP saidThe deceased have been identified as Bilal and Naseem and the injured as Md Firdaus Aslam Sarfaraz and Musahid the police saidThe rescue operation lasted for over three hoursEarlier Director of Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg said We received a call around 124 pm about a house collapse in Satya Niketan building number 173 here Six fire tenders have been rushed to the spot Since this building was in a congested area the main challenge was to take the rescue vehicles inside It was a difficult task he saidAll the five labourers who were trapped under the debris have been rescued and rushed to a hospital for treatment The rescue operation has ended Garg saidThe National Disaster Response Force NDRF pressed its sniffer dogs into service to search for survivors and used drilling equipment and cuttersAn NDRF personnel said the labourers got trapped in the kitchen area of the houseA senior fire official said according to preliminary inquiry it seems that the building was not in a good condition to undergo renovationThis was an old building and it was not in a good condition to undergo renovation We found out through local inquiry that the said building was being renovated to convert it into a PG accommodation So they must have broken some structure for this purpose which led to the collapse he saidSince renovation was underway no one was living in the building It has also been found that there was no proper building plan It was not a planned construction and was also not approved by the concerned authorities he saidSDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan said the civic body will launch a probe into the building collapseA notice was served last month to the building owner for carrying out renovation work in the building On April 11 the Delhi Police was requested to stop the renovation he saidChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the incident very sadThis accident building collapse is very sad The district administration is engaged in relief and rescue work I myself am taking every information related to the incident he tweeted in Hindi PTI AMPNIT AKM AMP DIV DIV
New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Two labourers died and three others were rescued after a three-storey house that was undergoing renovation collapsed in south Delhis Satya Niketan area on Monday police saidAnother labourer who was outside the dilapidated building at the time of the incident had a narrow escape they said adding that an FIR has been registered in the matterThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC also announced a probe into the incidentAround 125 pm a PCR call was received at South Campus police station about the building collapse in Satya Niketan the police saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Southwest Manoj C said One labourer who was outside the building had a narrow escape He sustained injuries and was admitted to a hospital for treatment Southwest district police with assistance from Delhi Fire Services and NDRF began the rescue operation at the spot and rescued all the five trapped labourers he saidTwo labourers died later and the remaining four are undergoing treatment he saidAn FIR has been registered in the matter the DCP saidThe deceased have been identified as Bilal and Naseem and the injured as Md Firdaus Aslam Sarfaraz and Musahid the police saidThe rescue operation lasted for over three hoursEarlier Director of Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg said We received a call around 124 pm about a house collapse in Satya Niketan building number 173 here Six fire tenders have been rushed to the spot Since this building was in a congested area the main challenge was to take the rescue vehicles inside It was a difficult task he saidAll the five labourers who were trapped under the debris have been rescued and rushed to a hospital for treatment The rescue operation has ended Garg saidThe National Disaster Response Force NDRF pressed its sniffer dogs into service to search for survivors and used drilling equipment and cuttersAn NDRF personnel said the labourers got trapped in the kitchen area of the houseA senior fire official said according to preliminary inquiry it seems that the building was not in a good condition to undergo renovationThis was an old building and it was not in a good condition to undergo renovation We found out through local inquiry that the said building was being renovated to convert it into a PG accommodation So they must have broken some structure for this purpose which led to the collapse he saidSince renovation was underway no one was living in the building It has also been found that there was no proper building plan It was not a planned construction and was also not approved by the concerned authorities he saidSDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan said the civic body will launch a probe into the building collapseA notice was served last month to the building owner for carrying out renovation work in the building On April 11 the Delhi Police was requested to stop the renovation he saidChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the incident very sadThis accident building collapse is very sad The district administration is engaged in relief and rescue work I myself am taking every information related to the incident he tweeted in Hindi PTI AMPNIT AKM AMP DIV DIV
