Two people died and one was injured after a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Delhi’s Chawri Bazaar area on Thursday, 5 November, as rescue teams searched the debris for people feared trapped.
The collapse was reported at about 9.50am in Gali Sitara, near Chawri Bazaar Metro station. The Indian Express reported that two people had died and rescue operations were continuing in its latest update, published at 12.15pm IST. It also reported that Delhi Police said one person was injured.
Six fire department units were sent to the scene. ANI reported that the fire department received a call at about 9.50am and that a station officer later said people might be trapped. The report said there was no confirmed count of those trapped. The Indian Express reported that the National Disaster Response Force was carrying out search and rescue work.
Early estimates of the number feared trapped vary. India Today reported six feared trapped, while The New Indian Express cited a fire services official who put the estimate at at least 15. The number had not been confirmed in ANI’s report, and the actual number of people beneath the rubble remains unclear.
The New Indian Express reported that teams from the Delhi Fire Services, Delhi Police, the New Delhi Municipal Council and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi were involved in the operation. The cause of the collapse and the identities of those who died had not been established in the reports supplied.
The incident comes nearly two months after a building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan on 6 September, killing seven people, according to The Indian Express. That was a separate incident.
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