Hyderabad Building Collapse: 1 accused arrested, death toll rises to 3

A multi-storied under-construction building collapsed in Hyderabad late on Thursday.

Updated: December 9, 2016 12:17 PM IST

By Aadil Ikram Zaki Iqbal

Hyderabad Building Collapse: 1 accused arrested, death toll rises to 3

Hyderabad, Dec 3: Death toll in the Hyderabad building collapse incident has climbed to three on Friday. A multi-storied under-construction building collapsed in Hyderabad late on Thursday. An accused has been arrested in connection with the building collapse. Police is looking for another accused who is absconding. According to reports, ten to twelve people are being feared trapped informed Deputy Mayor, Baba Fasiuddin. The seven-storied building collapsed in Nanakramguda, an information technology suburb under the limits of Cyberabad police commissionerate limits.

Greater Hyderabad Mayor B. Rammohan confirmed that two bodies were pulled out from the debris in Nanakramguda. Rescue workers rescued a woman and a child while clearing of debris continued to find other missing labourers and their family members. The rescue operation continued through the night but gathered pace on Friday morning.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams along with police and fire fighting personnel were participating in the rescue work. The labourers from Vijayanagaram district in Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were asleep when the building collapsed.

Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali and Home Minister N. Narasimha Reddy were supervising the rescue and relief work. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who was in Delhi, directed the officials to speed up the rescue operation. Rammohan said the builder did not have necessary permissions to construct the building.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials said the G+6 storied building was being constructed in violation of all norms. The building had come up on just 270 square yards. Officials said the builder was also constructing a pent house. (With inputs from IANS)

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