Gurgaon: Rescuers are looking for people feared trapped in Chintels Paradiso
One person was killed and several people were feared trapped after the roof of a residential high-rise in Gurgaon's Sector 109 collapsed on Thursday night. The living room in an apartment of the 18-floor Chintels Paradiso housing complex first came down, triggering the collapse of roofs and floors directly under it, news agency PTI reported.
A couple- Mr and Mrs Srivastava- is still stuck in the rubble, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Nishant Yadav said adding that only Mr Srivastava's leg is still stuck. He is being treated for injuries as his leg is being pulled out and is expected to make a recovery, Mr Yadav apprised.
Mrs Srivastava has still not been found and it is feared that she may be dead, he further said.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force, or NDRF, is working to rescue the trapped people. Visuals show rescuers in bright orange jackets installing a ladder to reach the upper floors of the building.
"A drawing room on the sixth collapsed till the first floor," Kaushal Kumar, a resident of the building, told ANI, adding the incident happened in "Tower D" of the high-rise.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tweeted he is personally monitoring the situation.
"Administrative officials, along with SDRF and NDRF teams are busy in the rescue and relief work after the unfortunate collapse of the apartment roof at the Paradiso Housing Complex in Gurugram. I am personally monitoring the situation and I pray for everyone's safety," Mr Khattar tweeted.
Residents said Tower D, part of which collapsed, was built in 2018. The complex has three other towers. The 18-floor Tower D has four-bedroom apartments.
The housing complex management blamed the disaster on "negligence" during repairs for the "extremely unfortunate incident", which took place around 7 pm, PTI reported.