10 trapped as 4-storey building collapses in Ahmedabad, India

INDIA (Aug 27): At least 10 people were trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in Ahmedabad, India yesterday.

According to a report by India Today, Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja said rescue efforts are already underway to free the trapped victims.

"Teams of Municipal Corporation, state government, National Disaster Response Force and fire brigade are carrying out rescue operations. Five NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) teams are deployed. Required machinery will be deployed immediately," Jadeja said.

Ahmedabad Collector Vikrant Pandey told the Indian Express that: “Six persons have sustained serious injuries in the collapse and they have been shifted to hospital. We are still ascertaining if how many people could be trapped inside the debris. As a precaution, we have got surrounding apartments also evacuated.”

“It is a residential apartment and its two blocks have collapsed. There were total 32 residential units in it… ,” he said.

Sources told the Indian Express that the authorities had recently evacuated the building but some residents insisted on living in the building. The apartments were constructed by Gujarat Housing Board in 1999.