Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday ordered a probe into the collapse of an under construction school building at Donka Road in Guntur district in which six labourers were killed.
Expressing serious concern over the death of six labourers, the Chief Minister directed the Guntur District Collector Vishnu to personally supervise the relief and rescue operations and provide better medical assistance to those injured in the incident.
Meanwhile, Joint Collector N Yuvaraj has been appointed as the investigation officer and he has been asked to submit a report soon.
According to reports, five labourers were killed on the spot and another succumbed to injuries in the hospital when an under-construction school building collapsed. Five other labourers received serious injuries. Among the victims, four are women. The deceased have been identified as Padma, Venkata Lakshmi, Vara Lakshmi, Nagamani and Venkateswarlu. All the deceased were the residents of NTR Colony.
A few more labourers were suspected to be trapped under the debris and efforts were on rescue them.
Guntur Municipal Corporation commissioner Sudhakar said that the Narayana School has taken up the construction works without taking permission from the authorities concerned. He said that a criminal case has been lodged against Bangalore based company for taking construction works without prior permission.
Range Inspector General Harish Kumar Gupta said that severe action would be initiated against the construction company for violating the building norms during the construction of school building. Red Cross, Guntur has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25,000 for the families of victims. (INN)