Chandigarh, July 5 -- Two persons died after a 50-year-old building collapsed in Industrial Area, Phase 2, on Saturday evening.

They were identified as Tarun Kaushik and Tarun Jain, two of the four partners who had taken the plot on rent just 10 days ago, and were getting the building renovated.

The victims remained trapped under the debris for over five hours before being pulled out by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

Jain was declared dead at the spot after rescuers pulled him from the rubble, while Kaushik was declared brought dead at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32. Kaushik, a resident of Solan who was staying in rented accommodation at Amravati Enclave, Panchkula, is survived by a daughter.

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