Intime rescue operation save dozens of lives in Shimla building collapse

One dozen home guard jawans came as savior for dozen of lives who escape unhurt after launching a promote rescue operation evacuating the ill fated buildings collapse in Shimla. SP Shimla Monica Bhutungru said that home guards jawans were immediately rushed just five to six hours ahead of this mishap on the complaint of shattering of window pan and development of cracks in the near by area.
The rescue operation started by mostly Home Guard jawans and four fire and each police personnel on Friday morning itself. The teams ensured to evacuate every person and than essential items were taken out from the buildings.  
During this, the Home Guard personnel took out essential items from the nearby houses including unsafe hotels, which were evacuated in the middle of security previous day.  
But the most of goods were in the houses have been evacuated .  As soon as the rescue operation was started by the Home Guard personnel, the affected families got some relief and their valuables and essentials were saved.  
The rescue work was commendable to the Home Guard officers and jawans in this entire accident, who in just 3 hours got the 10 houses around the fallen building evacuated and took the families to safe places.
Atul Bhatt, who had lost his two-story building in this accident, said that everything ended in front of his eyes.  Mother’s day and night’s hard work and earnings were reduced to ashes in an instant.   Atul Bhatt said that what was their fault in all this. 

” Someone erected an 8-storey building on top of his house and how was the permission granted, if the house was in danger then why was no action taken.” he asked .
He said that for the past few days, cracks started coming in his house, for which he met with  Deputy Commissioner and the Commissioner, but this accident happened before any action could be taken.  
He appealed to the Chief Minister for help and said that till now no help has been given exceptfrom the administration.
Both unsafe buildings should be demolished, so that other buildings can be saved
 At the same time, the owner of the house in danger, 
Virendra Chauhan said that two unsafe buildings can fall on top of his house at any time, which will fall directly on his house. 
 Fearing that his family is in bad shape, he told them that his house had already fallen and the walls were cracked.  Apart from this, the house adjacent to the eight story building have been buried due  to the collapse of the building yesterday itself. 
He said that the house has been built by taking a loan from the bank, the installments of which are being paid, in such a situation, if the building is finished, then he will come on the road. Taking immediate action from the administration, he demanded the demolition of both the unsafe buildings and repair of the same.