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Two injured in Chabahil building collapse

Two injured in Chabahil building collapse

By THT Online/Skanda Gautam

Police personnel work at the site where an old building that was being demolished collapsed, critically injuring a labourer working at the site and a pedestrian, at Chabahil, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Photo: Skanda Gautam/ THT

KATHMANDU: Two persons have sustained injuries after an old building that was being demolished collapsed near Chabahil Chok, in Kathmandu, today. Both the injured persons, a labourer working at the site and a pedestrian, were rushed to Chabahil-based health facilities where they are undergoing treatment, according to an eye-witness. A team of security personnel are currently at the site for rescue operations and to ascertain whether there are others trapped in the debris.