Four dead in building collapse
July 17th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANSGhaziabad, July 17 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction here rose to four Sunday, with two more people succumbing to their injuries, police said.
The disaster happened Saturday afternoon when the building tumbled down in Shalimar Garden area, trapping several workers.
Rescuers — including residents, fire brigade, police personnel and soldiers — worked frantically to rescue those tripped under tons of concrete, witnesses said.
The injured were rushed to hospitals, said Chief Medical Officer Ajay Agarwal. Some of the over dozen still warded in hospitals were said to be in serious condition.
Most of the workers were from West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar.
Superintendent of Police City J.K. Sahi said soldiers were summoned from Meerut. The National Disaster Management and the Indian Air Force station at Hindon in the region were also helping, he said.
Five cranes were deployed to remove tonnes of concrete. Four people, including contractor Kishan Singh, have been arrested.
“The entire building has fallen,” said Vinod, an eyewitness.
The building was being constructed over an 800 square metre plot. Three cars, parked in its vicinity, were destroyed.
- Ghaziabad building collapse toll at five (Lead) - Jul 17, 2011
- Building collapse toll is five, 16 critical (Second Lead) - Jul 17, 2011
- Compensation for building collapse victims - Jul 17, 2011
- Two killed in building collapse (Lead) - Jul 16, 2011
- Jalandhar collapse: Worker rescued after 72 hours - Apr 19, 2012
- Toll in Delhi building collapse rises to 64, rescue work still on - Nov 16, 2010
- 32 killed, 90 injured in Delhi house collapse (Fourth Lead) - Nov 16, 2010
- Worker rescued 55 hours after Jalandhar factory collapse - Apr 18, 2012
- Ghaziabad authority to demolish collapsed building - Jul 19, 2011
- Nine trapped in China building collapse - Jun 20, 2011
- Hopes recede of finding survivors in collapsed Punjab factory (Lead) - Apr 18, 2012
- 24 killed, 90 injured in Delhi house collapse (Third Lead) - Nov 16, 2010
- Delhi death toll rises to 65, rescue efforts on (Second lead) - Nov 16, 2010
- 12 die in Egypt building collapse - Jul 15, 2012
- Rescuers work with hope among mangled human remains - Nov 16, 2010
Tags: ajay, bihar, building collapse, cranes, death toll, disaster management, fire brigade, five storey building, hindon, indian air force, jharkhand, madhya pradesh, medical officer, national disaster, orissa, rescuers, sahi, saturday afternoon, square metre, west bengal