New Delhi: Front portion of a two-storey mosque collapsed on Monday minutes after cracks have been observed on its partitions in Hauz Qazi space in previous Delhi, officers mentioned.
No one was injured within the incident that came about at round 1 pm in Chudiwala locality, they mentioned, including that the mosque was evacuated earlier than its collapse.
Visuals from the location confirmed clouds of mud engulfing the world because the Sang-e-Marmar Masjid collapsed.
Onlookers and police personnel have been seen working away from the spot as mud from the particles gushed by way of the slender lane the place the spiritual construction stood.
Locals claimed that the mosque collapsed solely after the street caved in. However, police mentioned that they are going to probe the incident.
According to a police officer, fireplace officers have been knowledgeable quickly after the mosque’s partitions developed cracks. Two fireplace tenders have been pressed into service and the mosque was evacuated, the officer mentioned.
The native police cordoned off the world, he mentioned.
Another police officer mentioned three different buildings adjoining the mosque have been additionally evacuated.
“Around 1 pm, data was acquired {that a} wall of a mosque in Chudiwala space has developed a significant crack and poses a hazard to the constructing. Police personnel rushed to the place and evacuated the mosque and three different buildings.
“MCD, BSES and disaster management authorities were also informed. Around 1:55 pm, as anticipated, the building of mosque partly collapsed. No one was injured due to timely action taken by police. Police personnel have been deployed to cordon the area around the remaining part of the structure,” the officer mentioned.
According to an official from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the mosque collapsed as a consequence of its weak basis. There isn’t any incident of street cave-in within the space, the MCD officer mentioned.
“The mosque collapsed due to weak foundation. There is no case of road subsidence. MCD staff reached the site along with police before collapsing of the mosque,” the civic physique official mentioned.
