Kolkata Warehouse Collapse: At least 3 people were killed and 18 injured after the roof of an under-construction warehouse collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Wednesday.
Multiple agencies, including
four columns of Eastern Command of the Indian Army, Civil Defence, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police and the Disaster Management Group (DMG), have been deployed and are carrying out rescue and relief operations on a war footing.
Several workers, who were involved in the construction work at the spot, are feared trapped.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari expressed condolences over the tragedy and said he will soon reach the site to take stock of the situation on the ground.
“Deeply pained and saddened by the loss of lives due to the tragic collapse of an under-construction warehouse building near Brace Bridge in Taratala, where several workers got trapped beneath the debris, Words fail to express my sorrow for the 3 precious lives lost in this tragedy. My deepest condolences go out to their bereaved families,” he wrote on X.
Deeply pained and saddened by the loss of lives due to the tragic collapse of an under-construction warehouse building near Brace Bridge in Taratala, where several workers got trapped beneath the debris,
Words fail to express my sorrow for the 3 precious lives lost in this… pic.twitter.com/pVlo9KDhht— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) June 24, 2026
According to officials, at least 10 people have been rescued from the debris and shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The collapsed structure belonged to Behera Brothers, which was setting up a multi-storeyed warehouse and cold storage facility.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority had granted a 30-year lease to M/s Behera Brothers for the project with effect from August 1, 2024.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) leader Fayaz Ahmad Khan blamed the Kolkata Port authorities and the state administration for the incident, alleging that repeated complaints about illegal construction activities had been ignored.
“The Kolkata port authorities and administration must take responsibility for this because people complained multiple times about the illegal work happening here. But this is the result of the money game, where innocent workers and common people are killed. The accountability for the casualties should go to the current state government,” he said.
