A residential building at Indira Colony in Chukkhuwala collapsed after the embankment caved in the wee hours on Wednesday.
At around 1:30 AM on Wednesday, the police received information from the control room about a building collapse in the Indira Colony area where some of the residents were trapped under the debris.
The police arrived at the location along with the team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and commenced the rescue operation that continued till 10 AM.
As per the reports, four people died in this incident including three women and an eight year old child. Besides this, a man and a child were also injured who are currently under observation in a Government hospital. According to the locals, they had complained to the authorities in the past regarding anomalies in the neighbourhood that would weaken the embankment. Despite the repeated complaints, no corrective action was taken by the authorities due to which the collapse occurred, alleged the locals. This incident has once again elicited focus on the various anomalies in constructions and urban planning rampant in the provisional state capital.