Gurgaon: one person died and 3-4 other people were feared trapped under the rubble after a three-story building in Khawaspur Pataudi village collapsed on Sunday night.
While officials said 5-6 people were inside the building when it rained after a few hours of rain around 18:45, the local villagers put the number at the age of 15 years.
It was a villager who rushed to the site fainting and was first of all looking for people trapped in debris.
The team from the local police station and firefighters reached the place after that.
Deputy Gurgaon Commissioner Yash Garg, who visited the site at around 11:15 a.m., confirmed that at least one person had died in collapse.
“The cause of the collapse is certainly not due to rain.
It’s not as much rain in this area.
Maybe, it is a dilapidated building.
So far, one person has died while the others have been saved.
The thought of about 3-4 people is still trapped inside,” he told toi.
A few hours before, the rescue team could bring one person who lived from the bottom of the debris.
Labor rushed to a civil hospital for treatment.
The police said the building was a warehouse from a logistics company, Cargo Delux Company.
The building usually has 10-15 workers who work inside, but there are only 5-6 people there when it collapsed, the guard said outside.
“A team of doctors, police personnel and government officials have been in place.
Rescue operations are taking place,” Garg said.
Pradeep Kumar, Pataudi HR, and local politicians also rushed to the village.
A team consisting of 38 members of national disaster and country assistance forces are busy looking for debris for more people.
Deputy Deputy Manesar Commissioner of Police Varun Singla said the rescue team was trying the best.
“A three-story building collapsed in Khawaspur Village.
According to a preliminary report, a warehouse company has built a place to accommodate the workers.
Five to six people are declared stuck under the rubble,” said Singla to PTI by telephone at night.
The residents of Khawaspur Village were surprised by a sudden collapse.
Ravindinder Kumar, a resident, said, “I live right behind this building.
I was in the kitchen when I heard a deafening voice.
I could hear some crying but they immediately died.” In 2019, seven workers died after a building collapsed at Ullawas Gurgaon Village.
The four-story building has collapsed when workers tried to build a roof.
The case is registered against the contractor for negligence which causes death.