Six persons were killed and few others remained trapped under the rubble as an under-construction building adjoining a school collapsed at the busy Narayanaguda locality in Hyderabad on Friday.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan, who was supervising the rescue operation, said six bodies were recovered and efforts were on to save those remained trapped.

Some construction work was going on when the five-storeyed building crashed and the victims were mostly labourers involved in construction activity, he said.

"It seems about 8-10 persons were there at the site when the building collapsed," he said.

Police and fire personnel besides locals were carrying out the rescue efforts, clearing the debris with the help of cranes, JCB machines and gas-cutters.

Khan said students and teachers in the school building have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.

"Top priority now is to conduct the rescue operation. The owner of the building appears to have run away following the incident. Once the rescue work is over we will nab the owner," Khan said.

Meanwhile, state Municipal Administration Minister A Ramanarayana Reddy said an inquiry has been ordered into the incident and any violation found in the construction work would be dealt with sternly.
According to a worker, at least 16 labourers including five women and some electricians were at the site when the mishap occurred.

Anxious parents of the school children rushed to the locality as some TV news channels initially reported that the school building has collapsed.

They heaved a sigh of relief after coming to know that the school building is safe and getting assurance from the police about the safety of their wards.

Hundreds of people gathered on the busy Barakatpura-Himayathnagar road and also on the Narayanguda flyover leading to a massive traffic jam.

 

Source:NDTV

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