Hyderabad: Panic struck after cracks appeared in a five-storey building during a construction activity that was underway at an adjacent site, in Hyderabad’s Chakanwadi area, on Monday, November 17.

The incident reportedly took place when pits were dug for laying pillars for a new building.

A resident said that excavators were brought in and digging began the previous night. “At around 10 am, we noticed the cracks,” he said, adding that the five-storey building had begun to cave in.

“If no immediate action is taken, the structure will collapse. The building houses tenants on one floor while its owners live on another. They have shifted now,” the local resident said, appealing to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to act swiftly to safeguard the building.

Speaking to S

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