Two killed, many trapped in under construction building collapse at Dharwad
Bengaluru, Mar 19: Two people were killed and several others trapped when a four-storeyed under construction building collapsed at Dharwad in north Karnataka Tuesday, police said.
The building came crashing down, triggering panic among neighbours and passers-by, a police official said.
"Two have died while some 30 to 40 people are trapped," said a police officer at Dharwad police station.
Police said four people have been brought out from the debris while rescue operations are in full swing.
As many as 10 ambulances and five fire tenders have been engaged to carry out rescue and relief operations.
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said he was shocked to learn about the collapse of the under construction building.
Kumaraswamy said he has directed the chief secretary to supervise the rescue operation and to send experienced rescue teams by special flight to Dharwad.
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Puthucherry CM Rangasamy secures unassailable lead
Puducherry (PTI): Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy was on course to retain his Thattanchavady Assembly constituency as counting of votes polled in the April 9 Puducherry Assembly elections was on across the UT.
At the end of four rounds of counting, which was the last one, the CM was ahead of his TVK-backed Neyyam Makkal Kazhagam candidate E Vinayakam by 4,441
votes, gaining an unassailable lead.
The veteran leader polled 10,024 while Vinayakam polled 5583 votes. Congress' Ve Vaithilingam polled 2990 votes, bracing for the fourth place after an independent.
This constituency is an important segment which drew the attention of political parties. Rangasamy has contested from two segments-Thattanchavady and Mangalam segments.
