One person died while around 40-50 are feared trapped after a building, which was a boys’ PG, collapsed in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on Sunday afternoon, officials said. Rescue teams were working at the site, while the injured people were taken to AIIMS Delhi for treatment, they added.
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Witnesses also helped with the rescue operation, clearing the rubble by hand and using whatever equipment was available to search for those trapped beneath. Follow live updates related to the building collapse here . “Sounds are still coming from within the rubble – children crying out, ‘Save us, save us!’… “We happened to be nearby when we received a call from an NSUI colleague saying that a fellow worker was trapped inside. A colleague of ours lived in that PG, and by the time we arrived, the entire building had collapsed… There was no one there to help, no police, no administration, no medical facilities, and no fire brigade…
There are at least 25–30 children,” he added.
Police said they do not yet have the exact number of people who could be trapped or injured. An eyewitness said the collapse was preceded by a sound that reminded him of an earthquake, after which people trapped inside began shouting, “save us”. The witness, who spoke to PTI, said another PG in the area was also at risk of collapse, as buildings there are “standing like dominoes, if one goes down, others could follow”. We started to clear the debris and rescue the students,” he said. Teams from the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Services, Delhi Police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) and Civil Defence are carrying out the rescue operation, she said.
