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.

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