The death toll in the Madhya Pradesh lodge collapse has risen to three, officials said on Sunday, as rescue teams continued to sift through the debris in search of those still feared trapped after the four-storey building came crashing down near Kotma bus stand in Annupur.
A chilling CCTV clip, recorded by a camera installed in a building across the street, has captured the exact moment the lodge gave way.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the Agrawal lodge collapse was triggered by excavation work for the foundation of a house adjacent to the lodge.
A team of 100 police personnel, along with the State Disaster and Emergency Relief Force (SDERF), is carrying out rescue operations.
Rescue efforts have been underway since Saturday evening, with teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) leading the operation.
