Karnataka building crash toll rises to 4

Bengaluru | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

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Bengaluru: The death toll in the collapse of a multi-storey commercial building under construction in Dharwad in Karnataka on Wednesday rose to four, police said on Wednesday. Basapur told IANS from Dharwad, about 400 km northwest of here. Four people have been killed in the Tuesday disaster and so far 62 people had been rescued, police Inspector M.I. A 25-member National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team flew in from Lucknow to undertake rescue operations, Chief Minister H.D. Rescuers were still searching for people who may be trapped under the debris, he said..