Bengaluru, March 22: In a miraculous incident, a man survived the building collapse in Karnataka's Dharwad despite being trapped under debris for four days. The man, whose identity was not immediately known, was rescued safely by teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). The video of the narrow escape of the man from the tragedy which has claimed so far 14 lives has gone viral.

Several people were trapped under debris after a four-storey under-construction commercial complex building collapsed in Dharwad's Kumareshwar Nagar at around 3.50 pm on Tuesday. In the video, the 'lucky' man is seen walking out safely from debris. He was said to be trapped under tonnes of cement and mortar. He was able to walk after he was rescued. He was taken to a hospital for injuries he sustained in the collapse. Kumaraswamy Visits Dharwad Building Collapse Site.

Man survives building collapse in Dharwad:

The death toll in the building collapse rose to 14 with one more body retrieved from the debris on Friday, the fourth day of search and rescue operations. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has said that the rescue efforts will be conducted on a war footing and urged locals not to panic. The chief minister also visited the site on Thursday and said the government is ready to appoint a retired High Court judge if required.

A magisterial inquiry, to be headed by a Deputy Commissioner, has been ordered into the accident. The police have also registered a case against four building owners - Ravi Basavaraj Sabarad, Basavaraj D Nigadi, Gangappa S Shintri, Mahabaleshwar Puradagudi and engineer Vivek Pawar.

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