1 useless, 5 critically injured in manufacturing unit collapse in Punjab’s Ludhiana, rescue ops underway

Not less than one employee died and 5 others had been critically injured after a portion of a manufacturing unit collapsed in Ludhiana metropolis in India’s northern state of Punjab on Saturday (March 8).

The multi-storey textile manufacturing unit is situated within the Focal Level Section-8 space.

In keeping with native media experiences, a boiler blast might have brought on the constructing to break down.

Round 20 staff had been contained in the manufacturing unit on the time of the incident.

Cops began clearing the particles as quickly as they arrived on the scene and rescued round a dozen staff.

Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Jatinder Jorwal was quoted by native media as saying that the injured had been shifted to a close-by hospital for remedy, with 5 staff being in important situation.

He added that the well being division had been instructed to deploy medical groups on the location to facilitate rescue operations.

The experiences stated {that a} workforce of the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive, together with native police, was conducting rescue operations on the manufacturing unit.

“We obtained data this night that the constructing of a manufacturing unit collapsed within the Focal Level 8 space. Six staff are trapped. Rescue operations are underway. NDRF groups have reached the spot,” Jorwal informed reporters.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann posted on X that he has directed officers to take inventory of the matter urgently.

“A manufacturing unit collapse has been reported in Ludhiana. I’ve requested the administration to instantly assess the scenario. The rescue groups have reached the spot and began their work. I pray for the speedy restoration of these buried underneath the particles,” the CM wrote.

(With inputs from companies)