Rescue operation on as building collapses in Gurugram, 8 people trapped
Gurugram, Jan 24 (IBNS): A four-storey building collapsed in Gurugram's Ullawas area on Thursday which left at least eight people trapped, media reports said.
According to reports, the rescue operation is currently going on in the area.
The cause of the collapse is still not known.
As per a report by NDTV, a bulldozer is clearing debris from the site, and personnel of the Haryana fire service are trying to pinpoint the area where the people are trapped.
03 Teams of NDRF left (ie. 02 from BHQ Gajiabad and 01 from RRC Dawarka, New Delhi) for Vill. Ullawas,Sec 65, Gurugram, Haryana where a building collapsed in which some persons are reported to be trapped.
— NDRF (@NDRFHQ) January 24, 2019
Three teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Ghaziabad and Dwarka have even joined the rescue operation to pull out the trapped people from underneath the debris.
The NDRF tweeted: "03 Teams of NDRF left (ie. 02 from BHQ Gajiabad and 01 from RRC Dawarka, New Delhi) for Vill. Ullawas,Sec 65, Gurugram, Haryana where a building collapsed in which some persons are reported to be trapped."
Image: NDRF Twitter page
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