At least two persons have been killed and around 50 are trapped after a four-storey under-construction building collapsed in north Karnataka's Dharwad area. Fifteen people have also been injured. The collapse took place in Dharwad's Kumareshwar Nagar, about 400 kilometres north of Bengaluru. As many as 20 ambulances and five fire tenders have been engaged to carry out rescue and relief operations. According to local reports, construction had been going on in the building for the last two years and work was ongoing on the third floor. The first two floors had around 60 shops that were functional. Some reports suggest about 150 people were in the shops when the structure crashed.

At least two persons have been killed and around 50 are trapped after a four-storey under-construction building collapsed in north Karnataka's Dharwad area. Fifteen people have also been injured. The collapse took place in Dharwad's Kumareshwar Nagar, about 400 kilometres north of Bengaluru. As many as 20 ambulances and five fire tenders have been engaged to carry out rescue and relief operations. According to local reports, construction had been going on in the building for the last two years and work was ongoing on the third floor. The first two floors had around 60 shops that were functional. Some reports suggest about 150 people were in the shops when the structure crashed.