Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday instructed officials to conduct a probe into the building collapse in Delhi’s Mustafabad killing four people.
Expressing grief she said that DDMA, NDRF, DFS and other agencies are continuously engaged in relief and rescue operations.
“The heart is deeply saddened by the tragic incident of building collapse in Mustafabad orders have been given to investigate the incident and strict action will be ensured against the culprits,” she stated.
“Arrangements have been made for proper treatment of all the injured,” she added.
The incident occurred at around 2.30 am when a building collapsed claiming four lives. According to the police, at least 14 people have been rescued so far and were shifted to the GTB Hospital.
Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), firefighters, and Delhi Police have rushed to the spot. The police further said that they are probing the cause behind the building’s collapse.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal expressed condolences and requested all his party workers to support the administration in the rescue work.
“I appeal to all the party workers to fully cooperate with the administration in relief and rescue operations,” he said.
Last week two similar incidents were reported where two people were killed and three injured in the respective incidents of building collapse and a wall collapse of an under construction building in the Delhi-NCR region.
An under-construction wall on the sixth floor of a building in Delhi’s Madhu Vihar resulted in the death of a 67-year-old man.
The other incident, a wall collapse, was reported from Delhi’s Karol Bagh area. A 13-year-old boy was killed when a newly-constructed balcony on the third floor collapsed on top of him as he was crossing the streets at that time.
