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One killed, seven injured in Ghaziabad building collapse

by IBNS 01 Dec 2014, 09:19 am

Ghaziabad, Dec 1 (IBNS): One person was killed and seven others injured as a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Ghaziabad near Delhi on Sunday, media reports said.

Sources said over two dozen labourers who were working in the building at the time when the incident occurred. They are feared to be trapped under the debris.

Around 80 people were said to be present at the construction site. However, the police could not confirm the exact number of construction workers present there.

The unit was being built by a firm that manufactures readymade garments.

Police personnel, district administration and a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are now carrying out the rescue and relief operations at the accident site.