4 months, 2 weeks ago

1 killed, three injured in Noida house collapse

Noida: A 22-year-old man died and three others sustained injuries in Bahlolpur area of Sector 63, Noida, on Monday evening after a single-storeyed house partially collapsed during a foundation digging work being carried out at an adjacent plot, officers said, adding that three JCBs were pressed into service in the rescue operation and two people have been detained over the incident. On Monday around 5.15pm, when four to five people, including a 50-year-old labourer and his son, 22, were carrying out foundation excavation work on the empty plot, next to a one-storeyed building in Bahlolpur, suddenly, a wall of that building started developing cracks. “On Monday around 5.15pm, when four to five people, including a 50-year-old labourer and his son, 22, were carrying out foundation excavation work on the empty plot, next to a one-storeyed building in Bahlolpur. “After three hours of search, a body of the missing man was recovered from the debris around 8pm,” the DCP said, adding that the foundation work is said to have started a fortnight ago.

Hindustan Times

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