India: At least four dead, several injured after three-storey rice mill collapses in Haryana
Haryana
In India, a part of a three-storey rice mill building collapsed in Haryana's Karnal district early Tuesday, news agencies reported quoting local police said, further adding that at least four labourers were killed while 20 others were injured.
Reports have mentioned that when the incident took place at around 3:00am, over 150 labourers were housed in the building.
Karnal's Superintendent of Police, Shashank Kumar told news agency PTI over the phone that "four labourers from Bihar have died in the incident and 20 were injured".
Karnal's Deputy Commissioner Anish Yadav told reporters, "All individuals (living in the building) have been accounted for. There were a total of 24 affected persons in the incident. Nearly 150 lived in the structure and some managed to come out from windows timely. Out of the 24 affected persons, 20 are injured and four are dead".
#WATCH A team of NDRF arrives at the rice mill building collapse site in Karnal, Haryana pic.twitter.com/fpSYZmVxou — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2023
Four people dead and 20 were injured in the incident. We have started the rescue operation. NDRF and SDRF teams will also reach here. No one is missing now, we have cross-checked the list of workers: Karnal SP Shashank Kumar pic.twitter.com/T9dvOv3PSm — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2023
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#WATCH | Haryana: Several rice mill workers feared being trapped under debris after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed in Karnal. Workers used to sleep inside the building. Fire brigade, police and ambulance have reached the spot. Rescue operations underway. pic.twitter.com/AFzN9HDPYw — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2023
On being asked about the reason for the building collapse, he said, "Prima facie it appears the building was structurally unsafe. For this, a committee has been set up headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Executive engineer (Buildings and Roads) will be its member. They will submit a report on the incident".
"Whatever action as per law has to be taken we will do that," he said on being asked about asked if any action will be taken against the building owner.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) arrived at the rice site and work is underway to clear the debris.
(With inputs from agencies)
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