- Friday, May 02, 2025
Around 8-10 people are believed to be still under the debris. The building was located in a narrow lane in Delhi’s Shakti Vihar area
By: India Weekly
FOUR people died and several others are feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Shakti Vihar area early Saturday (19), officials said.
Around 22 people were allegedly trapped under the debris when the building collapsed, police said after reaching the spot.
So far, 14 people were rescued and shifted to GTB Hospital, where doctors declared four of them brought dead, a senior police officer said.
Around 8-10 people are believed to be still under the debris, police said.
Police received information about the building collapse around 3.02 am at Dayalpur police station, he said.
A police team rushed to Gali No. 1, a narrow lane in Shakti Vihar, where the four-storey building was found to have collapsed, he said.
The collapse was captured on nearby CCTV and 10 fire tenders were deployed in the rescue operations.
Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday ordered a probe into the building collapse.
She said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Service (DFS), and other agencies are engaged in relief and rescue efforts.
“Arrangements have been made for proper treatment of all the injured,” she said.
“My deepest condolences to those who died in the unfortunate accident. May God grant peace to the departed souls and give strength to the bereaved families to bear this irreparable loss,” the chief minister said.
AAP supremo and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also extended his condolences to the bereaved families.
“I appeal to all the party workers to fully cooperate with the administration in relief and rescue operations,” he said in a post on X.
Leader of Opposition Atishi expressed grief over the incident and urged AAP workers in Mustafabad to support the authorities in the ongoing operations. (PTI)
