Fifty-six people have been rescued from the rubble of the four-storeyed building that collapsed on Tuesday evening in Kumareshwara Nagar. The police said the rescue operation has been intensified to pull out 30 people who are believed to be trapped at the site. The rescue operation is being conducted by three National Disaster Relief Force teams, police personnel, five fire tenders and 10 ambulances. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he was monitoring the rescue operation and urged relatives not to panic. “All those feared trapped in the building will be rescued as soon as possible.”On Tuesday, former Karnataka minister and Congress leader Vinay Kulkarni said that his relative was one of the building’s owners and that all those found guilty should be penalised.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 20, 2019 12:56 UTC