PTI, New Delhi :
Seven people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in Inderlok area in North Delhi this morning.
Rescue workers also pulled out seven others from under the debris of the 50-year-old building; four of them have been seriously injured.
The building was reportedly constructed illegally.
Two officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi have been suspended over the incident.
The police are currently investigating whether the building collapsed under its own weight or because of construction activities going on in the adjoining building.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
“The Commissioner has ordered an inquiry into the incident under Additional Commissioner (Engineering) of the corporation and errant civic officials in this connection will not be spared, if found guilty of any irregularity,” NDMC Public Relations Officer Yogendra Singh Mann said.
An NDMC team is working at the spot to remove the debris.
“Our immediate priority is to safeguard lives at this juncture and, therefore, a municipal team has already been deployed at the site of collapse to remove debris at the earliest,” he said.
