One person died and several people were injured after a wall of an old building collapsed in the Karol Bagh area of Delhi on Friday, officials said.
A joint rescue operation was subsequently launched, and an FIR was registered under relevant sections. At least two people were rescued from the site and taken to Jeevanmala Hospital for treatment. Fire officials reached the spot and learnt that two to three people had already been rescued and taken to the hospital. “We received the call, informing us that an incident happened on Pyarelal Road, near Jewellers. Upon arrival, we learned that two to three people had already been rescued and sent to Jeevanmala Hospital. Fire officials continued their search at the site to ascertain whether anyone else was trapped beneath the debris. The incident comes a month after a four-storey under-construction building collapsed in Delhi’s Rohini area, killing three people. In that incident, the Delhi Fire Service pulled three people from the debris. One of them was injured, while two were declared dead. A fourth person was retrieved from the rubble by residents and taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
The injured survivor, 34-year-old Saddam, a resident of Dwarka in northwest Delhi, remained hospitalised.
The Delhi Fire Service said demolition work was underway at the building when the incident occurred. Delhi Fire Service Divisional Officer Ramgopal Meena said the department received information about the incident on Pyarelal Road, near Jewellers. We are currently conducting a further search,” Meena told news agency ANI. Rohini Deputy Commissioner of Police Shashank Jaiswal had said that after receiving information about the collapse, he reached the spot, followed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, District Magistrate, National Disaster Response Force personnel and other officials.
