He confirmed that the building served as a paying-guest type accommodation for college students. Many students trapped inside the collapsed six-storey building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan have made phone calls from beneath the debris, said South-West Delhi MLA Anil Sharma on Sunday.
“This is a deeply tragic incident; there could be nothing more heartbreaking. Students come here from various places to study and stay in PGs in this building; the structure has collapsed.
ten, or twenty students-we know for certain that students are trapped inside,” said the politician from the accident spot While it is difficult to state the exact number-whether there are five.
“Some students are even making calls from within, and it appears there are still others trapped inside, so rescue efforts are ongoing. We are praying to God, and the Chief Minister has dispatched a full team here. The entire government is deeply concerned and focused on ensuring the students are rescued-that is our primary objective,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. The injured were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre for treatment. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta reacted to the accident on X.
Witnesses said as many as 15 people could be trapped.
They were said to be critical. Police said the name of the building was ‘Hostel Daze’, and construction work had been underway in its basement. Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood said the government is closely monitoring the situation.
