- Two people died and several were injured in a building collapse in Hyderabad's Madhapur
- The seven-storey under-construction building collapsed suddenly at Anjaiah Nagar on Saturday
- Rescue teams are clearing debris and working to free those trapped beneath the rubble
Two people were killed and several others injured after an under-construction building collapsed in Hyderabad's Madhapur on Saturday, with rescue teams working to clear debris and free those trapped beneath it.
The structure, located in Anjaiah Nagar, gave way suddenly, prompting an emergency response involving local police and rescue personnel.
"An under-construction seven-storey building collapsed in Anjaiah Nagar. So far, two people have lost their lives. Rescue teams have reached the spot, clearing of debris is underway, and the rescue operation is in progress. We will provide more details later," a police official told news agency ANI.
Congress MLA Arekapudi Gandhi alleged that the building did not have proper clearances and had been under scrutiny before the collapse.
"In Madhapur division, the illegal seven-storey under-construction building was stopped by officials for four months. They recently restarted the construction work illegally. The cellar work was being extended to the adjacent building connected to the seven-storey structure, which led to its sudden collapse," Gandhi told ANI.
"People must understand the risks of illegal constructions. Some people are profiting through such illegal constructions. Many such illegal constructions are going on in Serilingampally. We are seizing buildings, but they are not following the norms. A similar incident had happened earlier, and now it has happened again," he added.
Rescue operations remain underway.
This is a developing story.
