Greater Noida: Six-storey building crashes into another in Shah Beri village, at least 50 people feared trapped in debris
A six-storey building has collapsed into a near-by four-storey building Greater Noida's Shah Beri village under Bisrakh police station limits on Tuesday night. The eyewitnesses say that while at least 50 people lived in the first building, the second building had several labourers inside when it crashed.
The incident took place at around 09:30 pm when a six-storey building, which was recently completed and was housing 10 to 12 families, crashed into an under-construction building nearby.
A building has collapsed on another in Shah Beri area. We are trying to ascertain how many people were inside the building. NDRF team and the entire team of district police is present on the spot, Ashish Srivastava, SP Grameen, Noida Police told India TV Digital.
He however said that there was no information about the owner or builder of the building.
He however said that there was no information about the owner or builder of the building.
The rescue workers have spotted at least two bodies in the debris. Police, NDRF and other rescue teams have reached the spot. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the incident and has asked the District Magistrate to take up relief measures with National Disaster Response Force team & Police to ensure immediate rescue.
An eyewitness told India TV that the building which crashed first was built by a private builder using inferior quality construction material. Locals say that the buildings were located in an unauthorised colony. No one from Ghaziabad or Noida Authority has reached the spot, they say.
Only one JCB crane has been deployed to remove the debris so far. The police has brought in sniffer dogs to identify humans trapped in debris and rescue them in a targeted manner.
An eyewitness told India TV that the building which crashed first was built by a private builder using inferior quality construction material. Locals say that the buildings were located in an unauthorised colony. No one from Ghaziabad or Noida Authority has reached the spot, they say.
Only one JCB crane has been deployed to remove the debris so far. The police has brought in sniffer dogs to identify humans trapped in debris and rescue them in a targeted manner.
Shah Beri village is located between Delhi NCR's posh residential area between Ghaziabad's Crossing Republik and Greater Noida West's Gaur City 2 in Uttar Pradesh. The collapsed building is located in a narrow street.
This is a developing story, last updated on 12:20 am (Wednesday)
News Source: indiatvnews.com
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