5-storey under-construction building collapses in Ghaziabad; 1 dead

NEW DELHI: A five-storey under-construction building collapsed here today, killing at least one person and injuring several others, officials said.nnThe building was located in the Akash Nagar area of the Masuri police station limits.nnThe National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were pressed into service soon after the incident and rescue and search operations were underway, police said.nn”So far, we have pulled out one dead body and rescued one person trapped in the debris,” an NDRF official told PTI.nnThe Ghaziabad Police tweeted that some labourers were rescued and sent to a hospital for treatment.nnThere was no reports of more people being trapped in the collapsed structure, it said.nnAn Uttar Pradesh government spokesperson said in Lucknow, “Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the district magistrate and the senior superintendent of police of Ghaziabad to visit the site of building collapse and take immediate action for rescue, along with NDRF personnel.”nnAdityanath also asked the district authorities to lodge an FIR and take action against the guilty.nnThe incident comes within a week of a six-storey under-construction building having collapsed on another five-storey building in Greater Noida.nnThe twin-building collapse in Shahberi village had claimed nine lives, including that of a toddler and two women.nnSource: Press Trust of India