Saturday, February 06, 2010
NEW DELHI: The death toll in Friday's building collapse in Indian city of Hyderabad rose to 13 as two more bodies were retrieved from the debris while rescue work continued Saturday.
Eighteen hours after the four-storeyed under construction building caved in, a person was pulled out alive from the debris and shifted to hospital.
The rescue teams were continuing their work to clear the debris as officials fear more people could be trapped under the huge concrete slabs.
The accident in the busy Narayanguda area in the city centre has claimed 13 lives, including a two-year-old child and four women. Six people were injured. All the victims were construction labourers from Medak and Mahabubnagar districts.
The district collector said the building was being constructed without permission from municipal authorities. "We will take legal action against the builder," he said.
Officials said the builder was constructing additional floors on an old building, which led to the mishap.
NEW DELHI: The death toll in Friday's building collapse in Indian city of Hyderabad rose to 13 as two more bodies were retrieved from the debris while rescue work continued Saturday.
Eighteen hours after the four-storeyed under construction building caved in, a person was pulled out alive from the debris and shifted to hospital.
The rescue teams were continuing their work to clear the debris as officials fear more people could be trapped under the huge concrete slabs.
The accident in the busy Narayanguda area in the city centre has claimed 13 lives, including a two-year-old child and four women. Six people were injured. All the victims were construction labourers from Medak and Mahabubnagar districts.
The district collector said the building was being constructed without permission from municipal authorities. "We will take legal action against the builder," he said.
Officials said the builder was constructing additional floors on an old building, which led to the mishap.
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