Ghaziabad: Five storey building collapses in Khoda, no casualty reported

As per the locals the building was old and nobody stayed there. It was desolate and housed only a clothes showroom which had also been shut down as the condition of the building was not good.

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New Delhi: A five storey building collapsed on Friday evening in Khoda area of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, that adjoins Noida. The National Disaster Response Force team and other rescue teams reached the spot on time and no casualty were reported.

Spot visuals of the five storey building that collapsed in Ghaziabad's Khoda area. No casualty has been reported. NDRF & other rescue teams are present at the spot pic.twitter.com/BnFc6eXj0E

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As per the locals the building was old and nobody stayed there. It was desolate and housed only a clothes showroom which had also been shut down as the condition of the building was not good. Ghaziabad DM informed that the building was 8-10 years old and had been evacuated already. No casualty has been reported. NDRF & other rescue teams are present at the spot: Ritu Maheshwari, Ghaziabad DM on 5 storey building that collapsed in Ghaziabad's Khoda area. Watch: Ghaziabad is grappling under heavy rains which continued to batter the city today also. In a separate incident earlier, 64 families of Ghaziabad's Vartalok Society were rendered homeless after they were asked to vacate their flats. It happened so because the road near their society caved in and the danger lurked over them as well. All the families had to wait outside their homes throughout the night. The work on filling the road had begun but the families had nowhere to go during the time. As per the locals the building was old and nobody stayed there. It was desolate and housed only a clothes showroom which had also been shut down as the condition of the building was not good. Ghaziabad DM informed that the building was 8-10 years old and had been evacuated already. No casualty has been reported. NDRF & other rescue teams are present at the spot: Ritu Maheshwari, Ghaziabad DM on 5 storey building that collapsed in Ghaziabad's Khoda area.