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Last Updated:May 17, 2025, 22:36 IST
According to the officials, the fire department received a call about a wall collapse at Arakashan Road, Paharganj at 6:05 pm.
View of an under-construction building after it collapsed, in New Delhi (PTI)
Delhi Rain: Three people killed and one was injured after a wall of a basement at an under-construction building collapsed in Central Delhi, while, a 35-year-old man died and his co-worker was injured while doing welding work after a wall collapsed in outernorth Delhi following fresh spell of showers in the national capital on Saturday evening, officials said.
According to the officials, the fire department received a call about a wall collapse at Arakashan Road, Paharganj at 6:05 pm. Police said the incident occurred when Prabhu, the contractor, was doing construction work at the basement along with his workers Niranjan and Roshan. Four fire tenders were pressed into service, a senior official said.
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Delhi: A house partially collapsed in the Paharganj area while basement construction was underway. Four fire tenders were rushed to the site. The three workers who were trapped were successfully rescued and immediately taken to the hospital. Further details are awaited pic.twitter.com/TDa7HsuXYT— IANS (@ians_india) May 17, 2025
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) M. Harsha Vardhan said 65-year-old Prabhu, 40-year-old Niranjan and 35-year-old Roshan died in the incident while 35-year-old Chuttan is undergoing treatment for his injuries.
“Three labourers were trapped under the debris. They were rescued and taken to a hospital for treatment,” the official told news agency PTI, adding that the rescue operation was over by 6.35 pm.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta condoled the loss of lives and ordered a probe into the incident, assuring that strict action will be ensured against the culprits. “May God grant peace to the departed souls and give strength to the bereaved families to bear this irreparable loss,” she said in a post on X.
In a separate incident in outer north Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy area, 35-year-old Ashok died and 36-year-old Sumit was injured when a wall collapsed while they were doing welding work on it during the storm.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Nidhin Valsan said police received information regarding a wall collapse in Prahladpur.
He said that the caller, Jitender Kumar, informed them that two people were injured in the wall collapse incident. The injured were taken to Maharishi Valmiki Hospital where Ashok was declared dead by doctors.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the two were doing welding work on the wall when the incident occurred, the DCP said, adding that they were standing near the wall during the storm and it fell on them.
(With inputs from agencies)
- First Published:
May 17, 2025, 22:34 IST
