NEW DELHI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in Saturday's building collapse in India's western state of Gujarat rose to three, confirmed a local cop over the phone on Sunday.
The multi-storeyed building had collapsed in the Sachin area of the state's Surat district. The victims were workers of the local cloth manufacturing industry. On Saturday one injured woman was successfully rescued from under the debris of the ill-fated building, and admitted to a local hospital.
Local media reports quoted Surat's Commissioner of Police Anupam Singh Gehlot as saying that the rescue operation was being carried out by Gujarat's State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
"Rescue operation is underway by the SDRF and NDRF teams. According to the information that was received, 6-7 people are trapped and three bodies have been retrieved. One person is injured and has been rescued," Gehlot reportedly said.■
