Three persons were trapped under the debris when a wall of a dilapidated building collapsed in P & T Colony of Dilshuknagar here this morning.
The mishap took place while a dilapidated building was being demolished for reconstruction when a wall suddenly collapsed trapping three persons. On information the police swung into action and with the help of the local people could retrieve one of the trapped persons and efforts are still continuing to rescue the two others still under debris. The person who was rescued was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Senior GHMC officials rushed to the accident site and inspected the rescue operations. Apart from leaders of TDP and YSRCP demanded adequate compensation to the labourers who had been trapped and also wanted stringent action against the builder for not taking adequate safety measures while demolishing the dilapidated building (NSS).