Bilaspur, Jul 8 (PTI) A three-storey building collapsed in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur city on Saturday, the police said.
No one was injured in the incident that occurred in the Mangla Chowk area of the city under the Civil Lines police station limits, an official said.
The structure, which housed commercial units, came crashing down around 6.45 am and completely destroyed a jewellery shop and a medicine shop belonging to two brothers, he said.
Bilaspur MLA Shailesh Pandey, former minister Amar Agrawal, ex-mayor Rajesh Pandey and local businessmen have demanded compensation for those affected, alleging that the digging for a drain adjacent to the building weakened its foundation and caused its collapse.
Mayor Ramsharan Yadav said the demand for compensation will be considered sympathetically after an investigation into the incident.
Municipal Commissioner Kunal Dudawat said that a 5-member inquiry committee has been formed and it will submit its report in 3 days.
The civic chief said that the local contractors’ association has provided an immediate relief of Rs 5 lakh to the owners of the jewellery and medical shops.
The municipal corporation is constructing drains across Bilaspur city to deal with waterlogging during monsoon. The work on a drain from Mangla Chowk to Ring Road-2 is going on even after the arrival of the rains. PTI COR NR
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