A day after a three-storey building collapsed in Mohali district killing one, the debris removal operations were in progress at the site with the officials on Sunday saying that there were slim chances of anyone still trapped under the fallen structure.
One person was killed in the incident and two others were injured after the commercial building collapsed on Saturday afternoon.“The debris is being removed from the site. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials told us that no one appears to be still trapped under the debris. However, NDRF is still on standby for the moment just in case the need arises,” said Kharar’s Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Himanshu Jain.District Administration authorities and the police have checked with the contractor and company officials at the site and were told that no labour or any employee of theirs was missing.
Taking serious note of the building collapse, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had asked the Mohali Additional District Magistrate to conduct a thorough probe into the incident and submit his report within a week.
A JCB machine driver died in the incident, said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan adding that the body of Harvinder Singh was taken out by rescuers late on Saturday evening.
The commercial building collapsed when a JCB machine was digging an adjoining plot for construction of a basement, Jain had said.