Two workers die after 2-storey house collapses in Rupnagar
Two workers are still believed to be trapped inside the debris, while one has been referred to PGI, Chandigarh
: Two labourers died while two are still believed to be trapped under the debris after a two-storey house collapsed in Preet Colony in Rupnagar on Thursday, police said.
A third labourer was rescued and has been referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Three labourers have been pulled out of rubble, out of which two have died, while the third is under treatment at PGIChandigarh. The deceased labourers have been identified
as Nazim and Ramesh, Rupnagar district administration officials said. The incident took place when five labourers were engaged in the process of raising the level of the house, officials
said.
A loud explosion was heard when the building caved in. House owner Rajinder Kaur said they had built this house in 1984 and were doing the work of lifting the lintel of the house.
The Rupnagar DC Preeti Yadav, and senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gulneet Khurana, rushed to the spot and started the rescue work.
“The under-construction house, located in Preet Colony, collapsed in the afternoon at around 3 pm. The district administration immediately contacted teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to start rescue operations. We are providing all the support inputs to NDRF and SDRF teams,” DC Yadav said.
She added that an inquiry would be conducted after the rescue operations are completed. “A thorough investigation will be conducted to ascertain the cause of the incident. Currently, our priority is to rescue the labourers,” the DC said.