Karnataka building collapse death toll reaches 10

Bengaluru | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

Summary:

Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and fire and emergency services are conducting the rescue work. According to residents, the under-construction building had developed cracks due to an “unstable” foundation. Many people were feared trapped after an under-construction multi-storied building collapsed at Kumareshwara Nagar in Dharwad on Tuesday. Bengaluru: The death toll in the building collapse in Karnataka’s Dharwad on Tuesday rose to 10 with five more bodies retrieved from the debris on Thursday, the third day of search and rescue operations, according to the police. Basapur told IANS from Dharwad, about 400 km northwest of the state capital..