A rescue operation is underway after a building, believed to be a boys’ PG, collapsed in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on Sunday. Several people are feared trapped beneath the debris, with locals saying that students are trapped inside the collapsed building.
Three people are reported to be injured so far. Follow live updates here. All three are in critical condition. Emergency teams reached the site after the collapse and began work to determine how many people may be trapped and to assess the damage caused by the incident. She added that the building next to the collapsed structure was evacuated as a precaution.
A preliminary inquiry suggests that around 40-50 people may have been inside the building when it collapsed, a police official at the spot told HT.
In a statement, AIIMS Delhi sources said that three patients have been admitted to the trauma centre following the building collapse. Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta said she was “deeply concerned” by the incident and said rescue teams were working “on a war footing”. She said teams from the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Delhi Fire Services, the Delhi Police, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS), and the Civil Defence are involved in the rescue operation. Police said the exact number of people who may be trapped or injured is not known at present.
