Delhi’s collapse: The number of victims jumped to 11 after a 20 -year -old four -storey residential building collapsed in Delhi in the Mustafabad area on Saturday and 11 other other people remained, the officials said.
Among the deceased was the landlord of the building, which was identified as then, 60.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta expressed his condolences and ordered the probe into the incident, PTI informed.
Here are 5 key points from the incident:
1 .. Delhi building building: Who, how many people died?
On Saturday, April 19, 18:00, a total of 11 people died due to the collapse of the building.
The victims include the landlord, identified as the 60 -year -old then, Hindustan Times, who quoted the Police in Delhi.
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Eight out of eleven people who lost their lives in the tragic collapse of the building were members of the same family. Among the deceased are three women and four children.
2. Delhi building: How was the building built?
The police source said that construction work in “two to three shops” on the ground floor could lead to collapse.
“Waste water from the sewer seeps into the walls of buildings for years and over time moisture has weakened the structure, which caused the walls to develop cracks,” said Salim Ali, other inhabitants, PTI reported.
Other locals also expressed concern about the fragile state of four to five buildings in this area.
3. Collapse of the Delhi building: When did it happen?
According to more reports, the building collapsed around 2:39 hours, while most passengers slept inside. Rajender Atwal, divisional firefighter of the fire service Delhi, said Indian Express that the ministry was warned at 2:50 in the morning.
The police said there were several rent families in the building.
4. Delhi cm Rekha Gupta Order Sonde
Minister Delhi Rekha Gupta ordered the probe in the incident and expressed sadness over the incident. “May God grant peace to the leaving souls and give strength to the surviving families to carry this irreparable loss,” she said at X.
5. “Neighbors can be seen…”
Prs’ visual effects of rescue operations appeared on social media shortly after the building collapsed.
“Two men and two sister -in -law stay here. The oldest sister -in -law has three children, the other sister -in -law has three children … We know nothing right now. It is nowhere to be seen,” eyewitnesses previously told horror in the morning.
The national strength of the reaction to disasters (NDRF), teams, fire services, police in Delhi and other volunteers made a rescue effort for more than 12 hours in the Mustafabad area in national capital around 3 hours, PTI informed.
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