00:00The latest update that I have from the location, ladies and gentlemen, the rescue operation has concluded.
00:06I can confirm from my sources here, the teams that are involved, the rescue operation is done.
00:12Anil Jaiswal will quickly show you, they are barricading the area.
00:15So those who are believed to have been trapped under the debris, have been pulled out, dead as mortal remains
00:22or alive as survivors.
00:24Now they are barricading the area, which means this location, for two reasons I'm going to tell you what happens
00:29next.
00:29They'll of course clear the area, they'll check what's happening around, but also the building adjacent could also be demolished
00:36in the next 24 hours.
00:38And that is why they want to ensure the area is evacuated and cleared, because it is also slightly dilapidated.
00:43The barricades are being put up by the Delhi police, so that this will now become a no-go zone
00:48at all completely.
00:50But the rescue operation is over.
00:51That means that they believe, the rescue teams believe, that the ones who could have been pulled out in any
00:57circumstance, that part is over of the operation.
01:01So we would like to believe that that was it.
01:03There were no more people trapped here.
01:05But the operation, of course, will continue.
01:07And that is the reason NDRF team has departed.
01:09The crane has left as well.
01:11And the JCB there of the MCD will clear the final process.
01:15And then after that, they are going to focus on the building adjacent and nearby as well.
01:20But that is why this area, which was still now at least had the ropes around, is going to be
01:24completely barricaded.
01:26Rescue operation concludes with the hope that at least anyone who could have been trapped inside has been pulled out
01:33one way or another.
01:35That means 12 for now, 7 confirmed dead, and 5 were brought out alive.
01:41And as clearly as I stand here at this location, I can't help but think, because I know there are
01:45youngsters here who were just beginning to make friends.
01:49They were so excited to come to Delhi.
01:51And they are looking at these buildings, thinking about who could have become a lifelong friend.
01:55And we know once you make a friend in college, could be for the rest few years.
01:58And that is what they are standing here wondering.
02:00And I want to just show you about how some of the young ones who are looking around and are
02:05waiting for any hope or assistance about if they know anyone.
02:09Some of them are residents here of the location.
02:12Some of them have friends or someone known to them.
02:15And I reiterate, many of them were young.
02:18This was their first year.
02:19They had just come to Delhi University to start their session.
02:23And then this happened.
02:24At least one of them, I can tell you, was an 18-year-old from Chhattisgarh, Athar.
02:28And his friend Rishi, we do not know what exactly, as he is telling us, no clarity, no confirmation.
02:34He spoke to him at 3.30 p.m., two hours after the demolition, or after the collapse of the
02:39building, that he is there in the debris.
02:42Rishi was telling me about 10 minutes ago, he has no information whether his new friend is dead or alive.
02:50That is a real human story.
02:51It's not about statistics.
02:52It's about human lives.
02:54And that's what I hope the government, the MCD, police, realize what they were dealing with and letting go of.
03:01That's what negligence of norms can do.
03:03I sign off from Satya Niketan this evening with hope that this would be last such incident to report.
03:09And we will tighten our belts.
03:12Stay tuned to India Today.
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