Manohar Parrikar speaks on Goa building collapse: highlights

Panaji: Nearly 48 hours after an under-construction building collapsed in Cancona in Goa, killing 17 people, the rescue operations have been called off. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, addressing a press conference this afternoon, said a building next to the crash site has started tilting, causing them to call off the efforts.

Following are the highlights of Mr Parrikar's press conference:

• 12 people are listed as not traceable.
  
• No surviving person in the debris, that is our guess.
• 17 bodies have been pulled out. 12 people are still listed as missing. We are not saying all of them are dead.
• We have ordered the withdrawal of rescue teams. Now debris are being removed to locate dead bodies.