Ludhiana: A employee died after a multi-storey constructing of a textile manufacturing facility collapsed within the Focal Level space right here late Saturday night, officers mentioned.
The six staff trapped below the particles had been introduced out by the NDRF groups. Whereas certainly one of them was discovered useless, the situation of three others is important, they mentioned.
The deceased employee is but to be recognized, they mentioned.
The rescue operation remains to be underway to see if anybody remains to be trapped below the particles, they mentioned.
In response to the officers, one employee was earlier rescued and rushed to a close-by hospital, they mentioned.
The incident occurred within the Focal Level Section-Eight space on Saturday night.
In response to an eye fixed witness, a loud sound was heard earlier than the constructing caved in.
Two groups of Nationwide Catastrophe Response Power and different groups of police, fireplace brigade and factories departments, the Municipal Company had been endeavor the rescue operation.
Initially, seven staff had been trapped below the particles.
Income Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian and Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal are personally overseeing the rescue efforts on the web site.
They emphasised that the highest precedence is to rescue the trapped staff.
The deputy commissioner said that the well being division has been instructed to deploy medical groups and ambulances on the web site till the operation is full.
The municipal company and fireplace security division have additionally been directed to depute their extra employees there round the clock.
