The body of a boy was found on Sunday from a three-storey building that collapsed in Punjab’s Mohali, taking the death toll to two, as intensive efforts from various rescue agencies continued in the hope of finding survivors trapped under the rubble. The victim was identified as Abhishek, a native of Haryana’s Ambala.
“The body of a boy named Abhishek has been recovered. Two floors of the building have been cleared and work is going on the rest of the floors. A total of two bodies have been recovered so far,” Mohali SSP Deepak Pareek told news agency . The building collapsed when some excavation work was going on in the basement of the adjacent building. Officials said a gym was operating on all three floors of the building that collapsed and seven to eight people may be trapped under the debris. A case was against the building owners, Parwinder Singh and Gagandeep Singh, police said.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Army, police and district administration are on the spot and are carrying out rescue and relief operations on the site of the accident. Medical teams were also kept on standby.
The Army said several debris clearance machines and earthmovers were deployed at the site. The top portion of the debris was removed and efforts were on to reach the basement, it said.
“The Indian Army reacted swiftly to the rescue. In a remarkable display of coordinated efforts, Indian Army columns along with NDRF and state rescue teams have been relentlessly working to address the crisis. Engineer Task Force with debris clearance machines and JCBs are operational at the site. Top debris is removed and efforts are being made to reach the basement,” Army’s Western Command tweeted.
