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Five
dead, 13 injured in Ahmedabad building collapse
Friday January 28, 2011 06:48:44 PM,
IANS
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One
killed, three trapped in Ahmedabad building collapse
One person was killed and three people
were trapped when a five-storey newly-constructed building here
collapsed Friday morning, leading to the partial collapse of two
adjoining buildings also, fire officials said. Over a dozen people
were injured in
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Ahmedabad: Five
people, including a woman, were killed and 13 others injured when
a five-storey newly-constructed building collapsed here Friday
morning, leading to the partial collapse of two adjoining
buildings as well, officials said.
While six people have been admitted for treatment of fractures,
seven others are being treated in the outpatient department.
The building, called 'President', was apparently constructed
illegally in Kalupur area of the densely-populated old walled
city. Early Friday, it tilted to one side, crushing two adjoining
old residential buildings and affecting two others as well.
"Fire brigade personnel extricated five bodies from the debris and
rescued over a dozen people. A fire brigade volunteer was among
the injured who have been admitted to the V.S. Municipal
Hospital," Additional Chief Fire Officer Rajesh Bhatt said.
Many people were sleeping around 7.30 a.m. when the collapse took
place. "The building had apparently been constructed on an old one
and was a matchbox-type structure that tilted due to a faulty
foundation," witnesses who live in the area said.
A civic official said: "Lots of illegal constructions take place
in these bylanes in the guise of repairs which is very difficult
to monitor."
Fire brigade personnel who rushed to the area had a tough time
working in the extremely narrow and serpentine lanes of the
densely congested old walled city.
"There was no way that one could take fire tenders and other
equipment inside these lanes," said the fire officer.
Municipal Commissioner I.P. Gautam has ordered an enquiry to be
conducted by the chief engineer of the civic body. "The builder
will be made liable. He will have to pay compensation to those
whose houses have been affected," he said.
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