Five people died, while five others were injured after an under-construction seven-storey building collapsed in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Seven people were rescued from the debris of the collapsed structure. The fresh death toll was confirmed by D Devaraja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East Bengaluru), who also said the injured were admitted to Hosmat and North Hospitals.
The building collapsed at a time when the city was grappling with incessant rain. Meanwhile, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who visited the incident spot late on Tuesday, today said the building was illegally constructed.
A video, widely shared on social media, showed the moment when the building collapsed.
Bengaluru, Karnataka: CCTV footage shows an under-construction building that has collapsed, where a rescue operation is underway pic.twitter.com/2Xzan5goq3— IANS (@ians_india) October 22, 2024
Rescue vans from the fire and emergency department were pressed into operations as soon as the information about the incident was received.
Devaraja, who had arrived at the spot soon after, on Tuesday said nearly 20 people were trapped, while 14 workers were rescued. Five were missing as the rescue operations had begun the same day.
Visuals from today morning showed rescue operations underway on the spot.
VIDEO | Bengaluru building collapse: Dog squads have been deployed to help trace people feared trapped inside the rubble of the seven-storey building.(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/8kuHRcgZ3i
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 23, 2024
BENGALURU BUILDING WHICH COLLAPSED WAS ILLEGAL
DK Shivakumar visited the spot and took stock of the situation. In an X post, the Deputy Chief Minister wrote, “Last night, I visited and inspected the site where the under-construction building collapsed and the workers were trapped under the debris at Babusab Palya in Kammanahalli. It is a big crime to construct a building illegally in this way on 60/40 land. Apparently, the owner of the building is constructing the building without plan approval and strict action will be taken against the culprits.”
“I have ordered action against the owners of buildings constructed illegally without permission in Bangalore. This incident is a lesson for us. To prevent such incidents from reoccurring in the future, it will be made mandatory to obtain permission for the buildings and a team will be deployed to monitor the buildings under construction,” he added.
ಕಮ್ಮನಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಬಾಬುಸಾಬ್ ಪಾಳ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಹಂತದ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಕುಸಿದು ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು ಅವಶೇಷಗಳಡಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿರುವ ಘಟನಾ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ನಿನ್ನೆ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದೆ. 60/40 ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಅಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಕಟ್ಟಿರುವುದೇ ಮಹಾಪರಾಧ. ಮೇಲ್ನೋಟದಲ್ಲೇ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಮಾಲೀಕರು ಪ್ಲಾನ್ ಅಪ್ರೂವಲ್ ಇಲ್ಲದೇ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಕಟ್ಟುತ್ತಿರುವುದು… pic.twitter.com/m4w9TxV9uD— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) October 23, 2024
Also talking to reporters on Tuesday, Shivakumar said, “I have been told that there was no permission and illegal activities were going on. We will take strict action against the owner, contractors and everyone (of the alleged building).”
“In the entire Bengaluru, we will see to it that we come up with a decision, wherever such illegal constructions are going on, we will stop it immediately. I will conduct a big survey on this,” he said.
“We will stop all these illegal constructions and I will also instruct the registrars to not accept the transfer of such illegal properties which have no plan sanctions. We will take strict action against this,” the Deputy Chief Minister added.
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