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Under-construction building collapses in Delhi, many feared trapped

At least three people are feared trapped after two floors of an under-construction building collapsed in south Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar area on Thursday, police said. Rescue operations are underway. Police and Delhi Fire Services officials are at the spot. About 4.25 pm, the police received information about two floors of a building collapsing at J-Block, DDA Market, Dakshinpuri. At least three people are trapped in the debris, a senior police officer said. Fire services and police personnel are present and a rescue operation is underway, the officer said. Delhi Fire Services Director Atul Garg said five water tenders are at the spot. According to information from fire services personnel, the lintel of the fourth floor of the under-construction building gave way, resulting in a portion of the building collapsing, he said. Four to five people were trapped in the debris. However, one person has been rescued and a search operation is underway, Garg added.

Six injured as roof of under-construction building collapses in Delhi

Six people were injured when the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in northwest Delhi's Kirari Suleman Nagar on Friday, fire officials said. Information regarding the incident was received at 12:25 pm, following which three fire tenders were rushed to the spot, they said. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. Two of them were discharged after being administered first aid, the officials said. A senior police officer said preliminary inquiry revealed that the roof of the building in Inder Enclave, Phase II, Kirari Suleman Nagar collapsed due to the use of poor quality construction material. Legal action has been initiated in the matter, the officer said. Four of the injured were identified as Akhilesh Shah (35), a resident of Prem Nagar, Asar Modh (36), Riyazuddin (42) and Aman (44), all residents of Inder Enclave, according to the police.

524 buildings declared dangerous in Navi Mumbai, occupants asked to vacate

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has declared 524 buildings under its jurisdiction as dangerous after a detailed survey in the city limits, the civic body said on Thursday. Out of these buildings, 61 fall in C-1 category (most dangerous, unfit for occupation and require immediate demolition), 114 are in C-2A category (need to be vacated and structural repairs required), 300 in C-2B (need repairs without vacating) and 49 in C-3 (need minor repairs), Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Narvekar said in a release. The power and water supply to buildings classified as C-1 will be immediately disconnected. These buildings need to be razed immediately, the civic body said. The owners and occupants of the dangerous buildings have been asked to vacate the premises to avert any accident and loss of life, the release said. The occupants of buildings in categories other than C-1 need to carry out the repairs and reoccupy after the civic body certifies them as fit for occupation,

Chinese investigators blame building collapse on illegal construction

The collapse of a nine-storey building in central China that killed 54 people last year was caused by shoddy, illegal construction and local officials' failure to enforce standards, according to an official report released Sunday. At least nine people including the building owner were reported arrested following the April 2022 disaster in Changsha, which trapped survivors under rubble for up to five days. Nine people were injured. The report by investigators appointed by the ruling Communist Party said the collapse of the self-built structure was due by illegal and irregular construction and additions by residents, according to state TV. It said local authorities were not serious about enforcing building rules and shirked responsibility. The report gave no indication of possible punishment for the owner and local officials. News reports at the time said the building had six stories, but Sunday's report said more were added up to a partial ninth level. It said that extra weight ...

Five persons injured after a parapet collapsed at building in Versova

Five persons including four minors were injured after a portion of the parapet collapsed at a residential building in suburban Versova on Friday afternoon, a civic official said. Four of them were in the 16-17 age group while another was 23 years old, he said. Three of them were admitted to a private hospital and two to a civic hospital and the condition of all of them was stable, he added. A portion of the parapet on the second floor of Silver Streak apartment on Yari Road collapsed around 4.30 pm. Fire brigade and police personnel rushed to the spot, the official said. The precariously hanging portion of the parapet was later removed and the area near the road was cordoned off as a precautionary measure, he added.

Maha building collapse: After 45 hours, search ops called off; death toll 8

A massive search and rescue operation to look for survivors and retrieve bodies following the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district was called after more than 45 hours just before Monday noon, officials at the site said. Eight people died, 10 were injured after a building in Wardhaman Compound in Valpada in Mankoli, which housed godowns on the ground and first floors and four families in tenements on the top floor, collapsed into a pile of concrete at 1:45pm on Saturday. While three bodies were retrieved on Saturday, three were found on Sunday and two on Monday, officials said. "The search operation comprising National Disaster Response Force, Thane Disaster Response Force, fire brigade teams from the region and civic as well as police personnel was called off just before Monday noon after the eighth body was found at 7am," Bhiwandi Tehisldar Adik Patil told PTI. The bodies of Dinesh Tiwari (34) and Ashok Kumar Mishra (32) were recovered betw

Chintels collapse case: Firm ready to buyback flats or redevelop 3 towers

Realty firm Chintels group has offered to buyback about 180 flats from homebuyers of three towers of its project in Gurugram as they have been declared unsafe after a partial collapse last year. In February last year, a partial collapse of a residential tower in Chintels Paradiso project led to death of two women. The CBI has taken over the investigation into the partial collapse of the Chintels Paradiso project, located in Sector 109, Gurugram. The Supreme Court is also hearing the plea of residents seeking compensation and action against developer. In a letter to Gurugram Deputy Commissioner (DC) and the Director General of Town and Country Planning, Haryana, Chintels India has given two options to affected homebuyers. The first option is that the company will buyback flats in Tower D, E and F at Rs 6,500 per square feet (super area). It will also refund the actual stamp duty paid by the flat owners. The other option offered by Chintels India is that the company will repair and/

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3-storey building collapses in Delhi's Tagore Garden, no casualties

A three-storey house collapsed late on Sunday night in Delhi's Tagore Garden area

Post-quake reconstruction focuses on shorter buildings: Turkish Prez

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Better building standards would have saved lives in Turkey earthquakes

It's safe to say that Turkey and war-torn Syria are far from the most-prepared countries. The death toll from February's quakes is nearing 50,000, and expected to rise further

Rescue work underway after four-storey building collapse site in Lucknow

Rescue personnel drawn from various agencies have been working round the clock since a multi-storey building collapsed in Lucknow Tuesday evening and the hope of pulling out anyone alive from the debris is diminishing by the minute. Two women -- the mother and wife of a Samajwadi Party spokesperson -- have been confirmed dead and two more people are still feared trapped under the debris. More than a dozen people have been rescued so far and admitted to hospitals. The five-storey Alaya Apartments in the Hazratganj area in the national capital collapsed Tuesday evening. Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are engaged in the rescue work, while senior officials are overseeing the operation. Officiating Director General of Police (DGP) D S Chauhan visited the spot and briefed the media about the rescue operation. Rescue personnel are taking outmost precaution and avoiding the use of heavy machinery to avoid loss of life.

Fire and building collapse injures more than 20 people in Baghdad

More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of Iraq's civil defence directorate, when a commercial building in the capital caught fire and then collapsed Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. The official Iraqi News Agency said the civil defence director, Maj. Gen. Kadhim Bohan, and some firefighters were were among those injured when the burning building collapsed. No deaths were reported. No information was immediately available on the cause of the blaze. Brig. Gen. Qusai Younis, director of civil defense for the Al-Rusafa district of Baghdad, told The Associated Press that at least 28 people had been injured. He said two of the three stories in the building, which contained warehouses storing flammable materials such as perfume, collapsed due to the fire. The civil defense announced late Sunday evening that the fire had been fully extinguished and first responders were searching for missing people at the scene. On Oct. 29, a gas tanker explode

Girl killed, nine injured as roof of building collapses in Delhi

Five people were injured after the roof of a building collapsed here on Sunday evening, a Delhi Fire Service official said. Three to four more people are believed to be trapped under the debris, they said. Atul Garg, Director, Delhi Fire Service, said a call was received about a roof collapse in the Lahori Gate area around 7.30 pm. Five fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. So far, five people have been shifted to the hospital. Rescue operation is on to locate others, he said.

1 dead, 3 injured after Gurugram building collapses during demolition

A portion of a building collapsed while it was being demolished in Udyog Vihar Phase I in Haryana's Gurugram on Monday and two labourers are trapped, an official said

5 injured, 7 feared trapped after building collapses in Delhi's Azad market

A search and rescue operation is underway. There are reports that around six to seven people are still trapped in the debris

Building collapses in North Delhi's Azad Market, two labourers rescued

Five persons were trapped after a building collapsed in North Delhi's Azad Market area on Friday

UP CM expresses grief over Prayagraj building collapse; announces ex-gratia

As many as four people died while 10 were left injured after four shops collapsed in Mutthiganj area of Prayagraj

7 daredevils who stood just 100 metres from imploding twin towers

Supertech's illegal twin towers were razed to the ground in a matter of just 12 seconds on Sunday in Noida and seven people -- three Indians and four foreigners -- were the only persons inside a 100-metre radius during the demolition. As was expected, the demolition left behind a whopping mound of debris and a cloud of dust in close vicinity of the structures located in Sector 93A of Noida. An exclusion zone of roughly 500 metres from the twin towers was created for the demolition. No human, vehicle or animal was allowed in that exclusion zone while around 5,000 residents of nearby Emerald Court and ATS village societies were also evacuated. Only seven people were present inside the exclusion zone to trigger the button that set off over 3,700 kg of explosives in a series of blasts separated by microseconds. Those present inside the exclusion zone were Indian blaster Chetan Dutta, who pressed the button, Mayur Mehta, the project manager for Edifice Engineering, and IPS officer Rajes

India joins rare 100-metre building demolition club: Joe Brinkman

With the successful demolition of the Supertech twin towers here on Sunday, India has joined the club of countries that have razed buildings taller than 100 metres, Joe Brinkman of South African firm Jet Demolitions said. The illegal twin towers in Noida's Sector 93A were grounded by waterfall implosion technique in a matter of 12 seconds, Brinkman told reporters. The Apex (32 storeys) and Ceyane (29 storeys) towers of Supertech had a height of 103 metres each, according to officials. Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering, which was tasked with the demolition, had selected Jet Demolitions as its expert partner for the job. The two had together previously demolished four residential complexes in Maradu municipal area of Kochi, Kerala in a similar fashion. India and Edifice have now joined the 100-metre club of countries which have buildings over this height that have been demolished and that too with residential buildings standing so close to them, making the project extremely challengi