An under-construction building located in Akash Nagar residential colony of Dasna under Masuri police station of Ghaziabad collapsed on Sunday at 3.30 pm killing at least one and injuring nine people, including a five-year-old child.
Police said it received an SOS call from anonymous person to help rescue victims — mostly labourers working at the site — trapped under the collapsed structure. After getting information police and the fire department, along with the National Disaster Response Force, (NDRF) rushed to the spot and started rescue and relief operation.
local residents said the building is being constructed in violation of rules without approval of from the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA).
"Till now eight labourers and a five-year-old child were rescued by the NDRF team. They all have been sent to the nearby hospitals. Rahul was declared dead," said the public relations officer to Vaibhav Krishna, SSP Ghaziabad.
An FIR against the building owner has been lodged in Masuri police station of Ghaziabad. District Magistrate Ritu Maheswari announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the kin of deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the injured. A probe has been ordered.
The incident comes within a week of a six-storey under-construction building having collapsed on another five-storey building in Greater Noida. The twin-building collapse in Shahberi village had claimed nine lives, including that of a toddler and two women.