Preliminary inquiry suggests that the whole structure had collapsed, leaving people trapped under it,” a fire department official said,
A construction worker was killed when a half-built structure collapsed in Babusapalya, Bengaluru, today as heavy rains pounded the city, PTI reported.
“17 persons are feared trapped inside the building, and rescue operation is being carried out in a coordinated effort with help from other agencies,” a senior police officer told PTI.
A fire department official told PTI that, according to a preliminary inquiry, the whole building collapsed afterward, and people were trapped underneath.
Two rescue vans from the fire and emergency department have been pressed into rescue operations.
The building collapsed on the day several parts of the city witnessed heavy rain.
Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed on Tuesday to evacuate marooned people with the help of coracles in the country’s IT capital.
Many areas in and around Yelahanka were flooded, said PTI.
As per the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, 157 mm of rain has lashed Yelahanka for six hours from Tuesday midnight to Tuesday 6 am. Kendriya Vihar in Yelahanka was a river with water swirling up to waist height.
Rescue workers pulled people to safety with a coracle. All normal life came to a grinding halt in North Bengaluru due to waterlogging.
People preferred staying indoors, and many passengers missed flights, trains, and buses. Children could not go to school in flooded areas, and many houses in low-lying areas and near lakes were inundated.
