Gurugram building collapses
Gurugram building collapsed On Friday, another body was retrieved from under the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment building here, raising the death toll to two, officials said.
He said that the police have registered a case of negligence against the builder and construction contractor of the residential housing complex Chintels Paradiso, while the district administration has ordered a probe into the matter.
The residents staged a sit-in protest over the incident that happened on Thursday night, while the gate of the housing complex has been sealed by the police.
Ekta Bhardwaj (31) died last night while Sunita Srivastava’s body was recovered on Friday, officials said.
Sunita Srivastava’s husband Arun Kumar Srivastava, who was buried under the rubble of the building, has been admitted to the hospital, he said.
Officials said that a case has been registered against the builder and construction contractor on the complaint of Ekta Bhardwaj’s husband Rajesh Bhardwaj.
Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said, “A special investigation team has been constituted and it will probe the allegations of negligence. The rescue operation is on.”
The dining room floor of the sixth-floor apartment at Chintels Paradiso Housing Complex in Sector 109 was the first to come down, causing the ceilings and floors to fall straight down to the first floor, officials said.
Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are carrying out rescue operations. An earth-moving machine and a fire brigade vehicle have been deployed along with an elevated platform.
Rajesh Bhardwaj, a Block-D resident of the complex, said in his complaint, “I got a call from my son, Reality Bhardwaj, that the roof of some floors of our tower has collapsed. My wife has suffered injuries in this incident. He passed away around 7 pm.”
He said that after coming from the office, he saw that the ceiling of the sixth and seventh floors had collapsed. Rajesh Bhardwaj said that the rescue and police teams were working on the spot and after removing the debris, the body of my wife was recovered and taken to the hospital.
“This incident has happened due to negligence and shoddy construction work done by Ashok Salomon, MD (Managing Director) of Chintel Group and contractor of construction. There may be more deaths and injuries in other flats resident of D-tower, please take necessary legal action against them.” Take action. Accused,” he said in his complaint.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepak Saharan said, “FIR has been registered and investigation is on. Action will be taken as per law.”
A case has been registered against the builder and the construction contractor at Bajghera police station under sections 304A (causing death by negligence) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
Deputy Commissioner Yadav told reporters on Thursday that construction work was going on on the sixth floor when the floor fell.
He said the third to sixth floors of the building were vacant and people were living on the first and second floors.
Local residents have said that Tower D, a part of which collapsed, was built in 2018. There are three other towers in the complex. The 18-storey Tower D has a four bedroom apartment.
The housing complex management has blamed the disaster on “negligence” during repairs for the “extremely unfortunate incident”.
“In preliminary investigation, we have come to know that the incident took place due to some negligence in the repair work in an apartment by the contractor,” it said while expressing condolences to the “affected families”. The management said that it is cooperating fully with the authorities.
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