New Delhi: A 100-foot tall mobile tower collapsed early Sunday morning in South Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave following strong winds and heavy rain, police have confirmed. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the incident.

Residents of Block B2 said the tower came crashing down around 4 am as a storm swept through the area. The sudden collapse caused alarm among locals, who had previously raised objections to the tower’s installation.

Former Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Malviya Nagar, Somnath Bharti, visited the site and met with residents. In a post on social media platform X, he criticised the tower’s placement, stating: “A mobile tower, erected in B2 Safdarjung Enclave in spite of heavy protests by the residents and myself, fell yesterday night. What if this had fallen in the daytime or towards the buildings of B2? Such callousness is criminal!”

Speaking to ANI, Bharti said, "It is sad the way the incident occurred, but it is fortunate the mobile tower did not fall in the residential area. Mrs Kapoor's house is just behind the tower; if it fell in that direction, the loss of lives and property cannot even be imagined. If it had happened in the daytime, many people would have died."

"These mobile towers have been illegally installed. People have been requesting, and I even visited the MCD with them, but they did not listen to us. We said that it is a residential area... MLA, MP, MCD and Police did not listen. You have the government in the Centre, state and MCD If you won't listen, where will the people go?

The AAP leader said that they had taken up the issue with the top authorities, but to no avail and demanded action against the people responsible for the incident.

"Today, we demand action and an FIR against the people responsible. It is an attempt to murder...Mobile towers should not be installed in areas of human habitation," he told ANI.

Resident Meenu Kapoor told ANI, "Our house is just behind where the tower fell at 4 AM. It's God's grace that it fell away; otherwise, anything would have happened to my family. We ask the government to remove the towers or let them be in the way of people, then they will realise. They lied to us, saying that a street light is being installed."