Buiding Collapses In India,11 Persons Killed

By Nneka Olisa - March 21, 2019


About a total of eleven people were confirmed dead on Thursday three days after a building under construction in southern India collapsed, officials said.


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According to reports, many firms use cheap materials and bribe officials to evade regulations, while on-site safety is lax.
The current incident which happened in Karnataka state on Tuesday came as a shocker to many and reports has it that about 400 rescuers have been scouring around for survivors.
Fifty-three people have been rescued from the rubble of the five-storey building in Dharwad district, but three more bodies were pulled out on Thursday.
According to reports from an AFP representative, at least 15 people are possibly still under the debris and it’s unlikely they will survive.
Heavy earth-movers and rescuers with specialised equipment and sniffer dogs were deployed in the increasingly desperate operation.
Police have charged the builder with manslaughter but he remains free, with investigators saying he will be arrested after the rescue operation is over.
Last September, five people were killed after a Delhi apartment block collapsed. Months earlier, a six-storey building in the capital had given way, killing nine.
Millions of Indians, who will vote in elections in April and May, live in dilapidated old buildings, many of which are susceptible to collapse during rain.
Source: Punch News

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