5-storey under-construction building collapses in Ghaziabad; 1 dead

A five-storey under-construction building collapsed here today, killing at least one person and injuring several others, officials said.

The building was located in the Akash Nagar area of the Masuri police station limits.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were pressed into service soon after the incident and rescue and search operations were underway, police said.

"So far, we have pulled out one dead body and rescued one person trapped in the debris," an NDRF official told PTI.

The Ghaziabad Police tweeted that some labourers were rescued and sent to a hospital for treatment.

There was no reports of more people being trapped in the collapsed structure, it said.

An Uttar Pradesh government spokesperson said in Lucknow, "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the district magistrate and the senior superintendent of police of Ghaziabad to visit the site of building collapse and take immediate action for rescue, along with NDRF personnel."