Surat: While seven bodies have been recovered, as many are still feared trapped for over 12 hours under the debris of a six-storey building, which collapsed in Sachin area of Gujarat’s Surat on Saturday amid heavy rain for several days in the region.
“Rescue operation has been going on for 12 hours. One woman has been saved and 7 dead bodies have been recovered and sent for postmortem… We are clearing the debris…,” Surat DCP Rajesh Parmar told ANI.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the fire department are conducting the rescue operations.
Earlier speaking to the media, Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh said: “Today around 3 pm, a six-storey building collapsed in the Sachin area. Many people who were living in that building got trapped inside. Police and fire brigade reached the spot immediately. A woman was successfully rescued from under the debris. Among the 30 flats inside the building, 4-5 flats were occupied and rest were empty.”
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He also confirmed that the voices of trapped persons were heard at the beginning of the rescue efforts. The building was constructed in 2016-17, he told news agency PTI.
