Rescue teams and ambulances were scrambling to Dharwad district, roughly 700 kilometres north-west of the state capital Bengaluru, where the five-floor under-construction apartment block crumbled.
NEW DELHI - At least two people have died and dozens are feared trapped under rubble after a building site collapsed on Tuesday in India's southern Karnataka state, officials told AFP.
Another regional emergency official said as many as 152 people were believed trapped beneath the rubble. "We think there are still many people alive . The police still don't have a clear idea... some locals say it is around 15, and some others have said it is over 50," he told AFP. "Thirteen injured have been brought to the hospital. There are reports of some deaths, but we can't confirm the number," he told AFP.Critics say many private builders use inferior construction material to cut corners on costs or bribe officials to bypass regulations.
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