New Delhi: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday ordered a magisterial probe into a building collapse in north-west Delhi’s Ashok Vihar and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to the families of the deceased. Four children and a 40-year-old woman died and seven others were seriously injured when a four-storey building collapsed on Wednesday.
Mr Kejriwal visited Deepchand Bandhu Hospital to the meet the victims and said the AAP government will give compensation to the next of kin of the deceased and the seven injured persons.
“I have ordered magisterial probe in the matter. The Delhi government will also give compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of deceased and injured,” he said.
The CM also hit out at BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation over the incident and said it will have to keep its system in order.
“Municipal corporation has the responsibility of safety of buildings...They will have to keep their system in order...They (MCDs) will have to strictly enforce their law,” he also said.
A four-storey “weak” building collapsed in Northwest Delhi Wednesday killing four children and a woman, three weeks after the 20-year-old structure was inspected by a municipal team following complaints.
