22 July :- In Ghaziabad adjacent to Delhi, a 5-storey under-construction building has collapsed. Many workers in the building are suspected to be buried. Let us say that five days earlier, two buildings had fallen in Shahberi in Greater Noida, in which 9 people died.
Ghaziabad: NDRF team and dog squad are present at the site where a five-storey building collapsed in Missal Gadi. Search and rescue operation are underway. Seven people have been rescued so far. pic.twitter.com/R0kWEp4Y0j
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#UPDATE: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team has rescued a person from the site of a five-storey building collapse in Ghaziabad's Missal Gadi. One body has also been recovered by the team. pic.twitter.com/wJMUmsY8O4
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The building has fallen in Akashnagar near Govindapuram in Ghaziabad. Police and NDRF have joined forces in relief and rescue operations. One person has died in the accident. A woman and her child are being conditioned seriously. Both have been referred to GTB Hospital in Delhi. So far 7 people have been evacuated from the debris.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath CM directs DM & SSP Ghaziabad to visit the site of building collapse in Ghaziabad, to take immediate action for rescue operations along with NDRF and lodge an FIR and take action against those guilty. (File pic) pic.twitter.com/pm4eBmC6IZ
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Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed Ghaziabad district magistrate and SSP to visit the spot. He instructed the NDRF to take immediate action for the rescue operation, file an FIR and take action against the culprits.
According to an eyewitness, there was a crack in the building. SSP Ghaziabad Vaibhav Krishna told ’till today’ that FIR will be registered in the case. They said that more people could be buried in the debris. After investigation, action will be taken against the culprits.
Ghaziabad District Magistrate Seitu Maheshwari has asked the dead to give two lakh and the injured to 50-50 thousand. The names of those injured in the accident are Geeta, Rajkumar, Gulab Rani and Munna. The deceased’s name is Rahul.
IG Law and Order said that as soon as we got information about the fall of the building, the police arrived on the spot. Relief and rescue work is going on fast. We have rescued 7 people, in which 1 died and 6 were in hospital. They are undergoing treatment. As soon as the rescue work is complete, we will investigate the matter and take action against the responsible person.