Four Trapped After Building Collapses During Anti-Encroachment Drive In Karachi
By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023
KARACHI: Rescue operation underway as at least four people were trapped after a building collapsed in Karachi during an anti-encroachment operation in the surroundings of Orangi Town drainage nullah on Friday.
According to the details garnered, a three-story building was collapsed during the anti-encroachment operation to clear illegal constructions near Orangi Town nullah.
The incident took place in Orangi Town Sector 9. It emerged that the three-story residential building was being demolished by labourers using manual tools instead of heavy machinery which suddenly went down on them.
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Meanwhile, three laborers have been pulled out of the debris, while a search operation is underway to rescue the fourth man. The injured persons have been shifted to the hospital.
A heavy contingent of police, Rangers, and rescue teams have reached the site. The area has been cordoned off.
The anti-encroachment drive along Orangi nullah started on February 26. Earlier, the city government removed all the soft encroachments from the area.
