5, including 4 children, killed in north Delhi house collapse

Five people, including four children, were killed in north Delhi’s Ashok Vihar when a three -storeyed house collapsed on Wednesday morning, police said. “It was an old four-storey building. We are trying to ascertain how old it was and also if it was listed as a ‘dangerous buildings’,” the official said. Seven others are injured in the accident that happened at 9 am. The official are also probing whether the building collapsed due to heavy rains that have lashed Delhi and other north India states in the past few days, killing 25 people. Rescue operation by Delhi Fire service and NDRF are on. Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered a magisterial probe into the building collapse that claimed the lives of four children and a woman in north west Delhi’s Ashok Vihar area Wednesday. “I have ordered magisterial probe in the matter. The Delhi government will also give compensation to the kin of deceased and injured,” he told reporters in New Delhi. The chief minister also hit out at BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation over the incident and said it will have to keep its system in order. “Municipal corporation has the responsibility of safety of buildings...they will have to keep their system in order...they (MCDs) will have to strictly enforce their law,” he also said. Source: Hindustan Times