The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Saturday ordered an enquiry into the wall collapse of an under-construction building in Hari Nagar area in West Delhi, which left four persons dead. Four persons, between the ages of 25 and 35 years died in the incident, which took place at around 7.20 pm on Friday. “An inquiry has been ordered into the incident. It is a case of illegal construction by the builder,” an SDMC official said.
The incident happened when a wall of an under-construction building collapsed in l-Block area of Hari Nagar. After a call to the Fire Department, a team rushed to the spot and bodies of four labourers, who were working there, were extricated from the debris, a Delhi Fire Service official said. “The identities of the dead have not been established yet but further investigation regarding the owner of the building is underway,” said a senior police official on Friday.
Of late, there have been several cases of building collapse in the Capital, two of the recent ones being from areas under the jurisdiction of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC). On June 28, a building had collapsed in Tulsi Nagar area of Inderlok in North Delhi, where 10 people were killed. A three-storey under-construction building had also collapsed in Sadar Bazar area of North Delhi, where three persons were killed and 12 others injured.
