There have been multiple incidents of building collapse in the recent past reported from different parts of the country. In a similar incident, a five-story building had collapsed in Ghaziabad killing two persons and injuring another eight, a few weeks ago. Here are some recent incidents of building collapse mishaps:
• Ghaziabad building collapse
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on July 23, completed the rescue operations in the collapse of the five-storey building in Ghaziabad, in which two people were killed and eight were injured, officials said, adding that four supervisors of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) have been suspended.
• Roof of one-room Dwarka house collapses
The roof of a house in Delhi's Dwarka area that had weakened over time with seepage collapsed on July 23 in the early hours of the morning. This incident killed a couple and injuring their three children.
• Dilapidated two-storey building collapses in Kolkata
One person was killed and two others were critically injured on July 23 when a house collapsed in the central part of the Kolkata following heavy rains, a disaster management official said. The incident happened around 2.30 am when a two-storey "dilapidated" building came crumbling down at Baithakkhana Road in Muchipara Police station area of the city.
• Another building collapse in Noida
In an incident that took place in Sector 63 on July 22, a four-year-old boy was killed and three others, including his parents, both labourers, were injured when the basement wall of an under-construction building collapsed in Noida.
• Two-storey building collapses in Pune's Mundhwa
Eight people including four children were injured after a two-storey residential building collapsed in Mundhwa area on Saturday afternoon, police said. "A one-year-old girl was among the injured. Building owner Kailash Bhandwalkar, three members of his family and four others from two tenant families were injured," police said.
• Noida twin-building collapse
A six-floor under-construction building crashed on a five-storey building next to it, bringing it down as well, in Shahberi village under Bisrakh police station area on July 22. A toddler and a women were among 9 who died in the incident.
(With inputs from PTI)