New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Three people, including two children, were killed and eight others injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed near Idgah Machhli Mandi in Delhi's New Seemapuri area on Wednesday.
A total of 11 people have been rescued from the debris so far, while rescue and relief operations are continuing at the spot.
The eight injured persons were rescued and shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, Tahirpur, for further medical treatment. They have been identified as Momin Mirja (56), a three-year-old boy, Abdul Rehman (28), Devruddin (28), Salma (50), Chote (34), Sakina (35) and Samad (30).
Three people died in the incident, including two children. One of the deceased was a girl aged around 12 years, whose identity is yet to be ascertained. Another deceased was identified as Gulafsa, 21, who was approximately four months pregnant. The identity and details of the third deceased child are yet to be ascertained.
Rescue machinery has been deployed at the site to assist in the operation. Ambulances, Delhi Fire Service personnel, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials and personnel from other agencies are present at the spot.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shahdara Rajendra Prasad Meena said the collapsed structure was a four-storey building and that the rescue operation was underway.
"We received information at 3:40 PM. This is a four-storey building, which is 25 square yards in area. So far, 7 people have been rescued. They are out of danger. The rescue operation is ongoing... All agencies are present at the scene; ambulances and Delhi Fire Service staff are deployed. MCD officials, DM, and everyone are present at the scene, Meena said.
Senior Fire Officer Manish Kumar said some people were believed to be trapped underneath the debris and that rescue teams were working at the site.
"Our control room received information at 3:30 PM... It is being said that some people are trapped underneath. Rescue operations are ongoing," he added.
The incident comes a month after a building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on September 6, in which seven people lost their lives.
Earlier, on September 9, the Delhi Police investigation into the Satya Niketan building collapse revealed the sequence of renovation work that allegedly weakened the structure before it collapsed, officials said.
According to the investigation, renovation work was carried out at the building around 10 days before the incident on the instructions of Mahesh Gupta. Police said the renovation involved levelling the basement with the ground floor. Around three truckloads of construction debris were filled into the basement as part of the work. (ANI)
Delhi: 3 killed, 8 injured as four-storey building collapses in New Seemapuri; rescue ops underway
