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Two killed, two injured as under-construction building collapses in Hyderabad

Two killed, two injured as under-construction building collapses in Hyderabad

Two persons were killed and two others injured after a seven-storey under-construction building collapsed here on Saturday. A fire official involved in the rescue operation told reporters that two bodies had been recovered while clearing the debris of the collapsed building at Anjayya Nagar in Gachibowli. The two bodies were located using a victim location system device, he said. The debris fell onto adjacent apartment buildings, damaging them and injuring two persons. One of the injured was admitted to a hospital. Following the damage to their flats, some residents were forced to vacate the premises. Residents said they heard a loud sound in the afternoon and found that the under-construction building had collapsed. Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency Commissioner A V Ranganath, who visited the site, said the building, comprising seven storeys and a penthouse, was being constructed on a plot measuring about 50-60 square yards. Ranganath said the two deceased were workers. He said the collapsed building and some other structures in the vicinity had been constructed near a ”nala” (drain) and …

2 workers killed as slab of under-construction building collapses in Hyderabad | Latest News India

Two people died and another was injured on Saturday after an under-construction building collapsed in Hyderabad’s Shanthi Nagar, located under Kukatpally police station limits. The incident took place when the slab on the fifth floor of the building collapsed on the roof of the fourth floor and subsequently the third floor, where two workers got trapped under the debris and died, news agency PTI quoted police. Another worker escaped with minor injuries, while the bodies of the two workers were recovered, a police official at Kukatpally police station said. Three people were rescued. “At 4am we received a rescue call about a building collapse. We immediately sprung into action. Five people were at the top of the building during collapse. Three people were rescued and two died,” a fire official was quoted by news agency ANI. The rescue operation was conducted by Disaster Response Force (DRF) personnel, the fire department, and the police. (With agency inputs) ABOUT THE AUTHOR Follow the latest breaking news and developments from India and around the world with Hindustan Times’ …