Final Up to date: March 19, 2024, 07:33 IST
Rescue operation underway after a five-storey under-construction constructing collapsed, at Backyard Attain space in Kolkata, on March 18, 2024. (Picture: PTI)
The administration introduced a compensation of Rs 5 Lakh for the household of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for the injured
No less than 10 individuals are lifeless and a number of other had been left injured after a partv of the five-story under-construction constructing collapsed in Kolkata’s Backyard Attain space on Sunday evening. A search operation is presently underway to recue extra survivors who’re suspected to be nonetheless trapped beneath the ruins.
As per the assertion of native residents, two extra victims are presently trapped within the collapsed construction. The NDRF will proceed with its rescue operation on Tuesday to look them with the assistance of Canines and search Tools.
The ten victims who misplaced their lives attributable to collapse of the under-construction constructing on the adjoining slum in Hazari Mollah Bagan within the Backyard Attain space had been recovered by the NDRF on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who’s presently recuperating from a head harm, visited the constructing collapse web site in Backyard Attain space on Monday and met the injured at SSKM hospital in Bhowanipore. The Chief Minister additionally assured locals of stern motion towards unlawful building.
“I supply my condolences to the affected households. I used to be instructed by the mayor that the constructing was constructed illegally. The administration will take applicable motion towards those that are accountable. The federal government stands by the affected households,” Banerjee mentioned at Backyard Attain.
Notably, the mentioned space the place the accident occurred is within the Kolkata Municipal Company’s (KMC) civic ward No 134 which is a part of the Kolkata Port Meeting constituency held by the town mayor and concrete improvement minister Firhad Hakim since 2011.
Following the accident, Mayor Firhad Hakim introduced a compensation of Rs 5 Lakh for the household of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for the injured. “I’ve spoken to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and we’ll give Rs 5 lakh to the following of kin of every deceased individual and Rs one lakh to every injured individual,” Hakim was quoted by information company PTI as saying.
Along with this, Municipality officers mentioned they served show-cause notices to a few engineers from the constructing division for dereliction of responsibility.
