Delhi Police has set an inquiry and claimed to take action against the responsible
New Delhi: A portion of the automated multilevel parking facility at Green Park, which was inaugurated by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) in November 2020, collapsed prompting the SDMC Mayor to order an inquiry into the incident, officials said.
Officials have claimed that no human or car damage has been reported after the incident.
According to the Delhi Police, the report was received at Hauz Khas police station about an incident of falling inside the automated parking.
The parking was started in November 2020. Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and central minister RK Singh along with senior SDMC officials inaugurated.
"The multi-level parking has now been blocked and entry is prohibited till full technical examination," senior police personnel stated.
"Cars are parked on platforms in such automated parking. Due to some technical glitch, one platform or floor plate of tower number 3 on the 8th floor of the parking facility collapsed. It was not a major incident," SDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan told news agency PTI.
"Strict actions will be taken against the responsible," he added.
"An inquiry has been ordered in the incident. Such an incident should not have happened. We are investigating the entire incident. Those responsible for the incident be it the contractor or officials, will not be spared," the mayor said.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed that many cars were damaged due to the collapse of platforms.
AAP's Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said that the collapse of parking platforms was a matter of "shame" for MCD.
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