The body of a man was pulled out of the debris even as rescue work is on at the accident site, a Fire Department official said.
The roof of the godown located on National Highway-1, which had been laid today only, caved in at around 8.30 pm. Nine labourers were injured and a few others are still feared trapped, DCP (Outer Delhi) Vikramjit Singh said.
The area in Boodhpur falls under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and NDMC official have also rushed in their rescue and engineering team to the site.
"As of now, we have received information that the roof of a godown in Alipur has collapsed," a senior NDMC official said.
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