A three-storey factory at Ludhiana's RK Road collapsed today.Atleast ten people were seriously injured due to the incident, the nearbybuilding also faced damage. The incident happened when few people were insidethe factory around 8:30am in morning.
The nearby people immediately took the injured people toMohandai Oswal Hospital.
According to the reports, “A fire incident was reportedat Aarti Wollen Mill nearly one and a half years ago and the factory was thendeclared unsafe and was lying sealed since last many days. But on Thursdaymorning few people went inside the factory from the side gate to get somegoods, and suddenly the third floor of the building collapsed.
To the other side of the factory is Amit Pahwa's place wherethere are around fifty rooms for workers, reportedly the debris also damagedthe rooms badly.
According to the workers living there, most of theirhousehold stuff has been buried under the debris causing them great loss. Babu,Papu and Prakash Kumar the workers living there added that they were off towork in the morning when the incident happened which led to a state of totalturmoil and chaos.
Mayorblamed for Negligence -
Congress Vice President Mr. Jagmohan Sharma said thateven after 2 hours of the accident no Municipal Corporation Officer reached thespot.
He further added that he called the Mayor to report theincident but the Mayor turned a deaf ear to his complaint.