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  • Noida wall collapse: Contractor didn’t act on complaints about structure being weak, say workers

    By PTI

    NOIDA: Workers who survived Tuesday’s wall collapse in Noida have claimed that the sub-contractor was informed about the structure’s weak condition but were asked to continue working.

    Four construction workers died while eight sustained injuries after they got buried in the wall collapse at Jal Vayu Vihar in Sector 21 of the city, according to officials.

    The deceased were identified as Pushpendra Singh (25), Panna Lal (25) and Amit (18), all from Budaun district in Uttar Pradesh, and Dharam Veer from Sambhal district.

    The Noida Police has arrested the sub-contractor — Gul Mohammad — who supplied labourers for the job.

    Sanjeev Kumar (28), a native of Badaun and a relative of Pushpendra Singh, said they were working at the site since September 15.

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    “We started work around 9 am today and after sometime, noticed that the boundary wall was unstable. We immediately informed the sub-contractor about the condition of the wall who asked us to continue the work. He said that if anything happens, he will be responsible for it,” Kumar said.

    Kumar sustained an injury in his leg and was discharged from the hospital after getting treatment.

    “Pushpendra Singh is survived by his wife and four kids,” Kumar said.

    “All of us were staying at an accommodation in Ashok Nagar that was provided by the sub-contractor,” Kumar added.

    Some of the labourers also alleged that Mohammad did not provide any safety gear to them.

    “The drainage system along the boundary wall was completely chocked and it had to be repaired. When the work was going on, the wall suddenly collapsed. No safety gear was provided by the sub-contractor,” Rishi Pal (20) said.

    Rishi Pal lost his brother Dharam Veer and uncle Panna Lal in the wall collapse.

    Multiple excavators were deployed to clear the debris of the collapsed stretch of the wall that was located adjacent to a drain, officials said as police and fire department personnel swung into action for immediate rescue and relief measures.

    “A total of 12 labourers were pulled out of the rubble. Four of them died while others suffered injuries in the episode,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ashutosh Dwivedi told PTI.

    Dhoom Singh, brother of Panna Lal, said his nephew Rishi Pal called and informed him about the incident.

    “Around 10.15 am, Rishi Pal called me and informed that Dharam Veer and Panna Lal were buried under the debris. Both of them died. Their family members are coming to Noida,” Dhoom Singh, a vegetable seller at Indirapuram, said.

    “Dharam Veer’s father had an accident four years ago and can’t walk properly,” Dhoom Singh added.

    NOIDA: Workers who survived Tuesday’s wall collapse in Noida have claimed that the sub-contractor was informed about the structure’s weak condition but were asked to continue working.

    Four construction workers died while eight sustained injuries after they got buried in the wall collapse at Jal Vayu Vihar in Sector 21 of the city, according to officials.

    The deceased were identified as Pushpendra Singh (25), Panna Lal (25) and Amit (18), all from Budaun district in Uttar Pradesh, and Dharam Veer from Sambhal district.

    The Noida Police has arrested the sub-contractor — Gul Mohammad — who supplied labourers for the job.

    Sanjeev Kumar (28), a native of Badaun and a relative of Pushpendra Singh, said they were working at the site since September 15.

    ALSO READ | Inquiry report in 15 days, strict action against negligent, says minister

    “We started work around 9 am today and after sometime, noticed that the boundary wall was unstable. We immediately informed the sub-contractor about the condition of the wall who asked us to continue the work. He said that if anything happens, he will be responsible for it,” Kumar said.

    Kumar sustained an injury in his leg and was discharged from the hospital after getting treatment.

    “Pushpendra Singh is survived by his wife and four kids,” Kumar said.

    “All of us were staying at an accommodation in Ashok Nagar that was provided by the sub-contractor,” Kumar added.

    Some of the labourers also alleged that Mohammad did not provide any safety gear to them.

    “The drainage system along the boundary wall was completely chocked and it had to be repaired. When the work was going on, the wall suddenly collapsed. No safety gear was provided by the sub-contractor,” Rishi Pal (20) said.

    Rishi Pal lost his brother Dharam Veer and uncle Panna Lal in the wall collapse.

    Multiple excavators were deployed to clear the debris of the collapsed stretch of the wall that was located adjacent to a drain, officials said as police and fire department personnel swung into action for immediate rescue and relief measures.

    “A total of 12 labourers were pulled out of the rubble. Four of them died while others suffered injuries in the episode,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ashutosh Dwivedi told PTI.

    Dhoom Singh, brother of Panna Lal, said his nephew Rishi Pal called and informed him about the incident.

    “Around 10.15 am, Rishi Pal called me and informed that Dharam Veer and Panna Lal were buried under the debris. Both of them died. Their family members are coming to Noida,” Dhoom Singh, a vegetable seller at Indirapuram, said.

    “Dharam Veer’s father had an accident four years ago and can’t walk properly,” Dhoom Singh added.

  • Noida wall collapse: Inquiry report in 15 days, strict action against negligent, says minister 

    By PTI

    NOIDA/ LUCKNOW: An inquiry committee has been formed to probe the Noida wall collapse and it will submit its report to the government in 15 days, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Gupta said on Tuesday.

    The UP industrial development minister said strict action will be taken against those found negligent in the case.

    Four construction workers died and eight suffered injuries after a portion of a housing society’s boundary wall collapsed on them Tuesday morning in Sector 21 of Noida.

    The workers were hired by a contractor for repair work on a drain adjoining the boundary wall of Jal Vayu Vihar.

    The contractor worked for the Noida Authority, which functions under the UP industrial development ministry headed by Gupta.

    Taking congnisance of the matter, the minister condoled the loss of lives in the episode.

    “The minister spoke to the chief executive officer of the Noida Authority for action. The CEO told him that a committee has been formed to investigate the incident and it will submit its report within 15 days,” Gupta’s office said in a statement.

    “The minister said the loss of lives due to the wall collapse was very sad. Strict action will be taken against whoever is found negligent in this incident,” the statement added.

    NOIDA/ LUCKNOW: An inquiry committee has been formed to probe the Noida wall collapse and it will submit its report to the government in 15 days, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Gupta said on Tuesday.

    The UP industrial development minister said strict action will be taken against those found negligent in the case.

    Four construction workers died and eight suffered injuries after a portion of a housing society’s boundary wall collapsed on them Tuesday morning in Sector 21 of Noida.

    The workers were hired by a contractor for repair work on a drain adjoining the boundary wall of Jal Vayu Vihar.

    The contractor worked for the Noida Authority, which functions under the UP industrial development ministry headed by Gupta.

    Taking congnisance of the matter, the minister condoled the loss of lives in the episode.

    “The minister spoke to the chief executive officer of the Noida Authority for action. The CEO told him that a committee has been formed to investigate the incident and it will submit its report within 15 days,” Gupta’s office said in a statement.

    “The minister said the loss of lives due to the wall collapse was very sad. Strict action will be taken against whoever is found negligent in this incident,” the statement added.

  • Lucknow wall collapse: Rescue operation to pull out those trapped took 6 hours

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: The police control room received a distress call in the wee hours of Friday regarding the people trapped under the debris of an under-construction boundary wall that had collapsed in the Dilkusha area here.

    The call made amidst heavy downpour at 3.24 am urged immediate intervention and help, police said.

    By 3.27 am, the message was passed on to the police station and the fire brigade, and in the next 15 minutes, the police force was walking in waist-deep water, looking for those trapped under the debris, they said.

    “As we reached the spot 15 minutes after the message was passed on to the police station, our first priority and effort were to locate the person who had made the call to the control room, and pull him out from the debris,” ACP Cantonment Anup Kumar Singh, who was also present at the spot of the incident, told PTI.

    “It was Golu, who had made the call to the police control room. After pulling him from the debris, he was sent to the Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital,” he said.

    The fire brigade team also arrived on the spot and the wall was gradually broken and debris were removed.

    Following this the bodies were pulled out one by one, he added. The rescue operation continued till around 9.30 am, amidst rains, Singh said, adding that the rains slowed down around the same time the operation ended.

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    Narrating the scene and situation in which, the police, fire brigade and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) carried out the rescue operation, Singh said, “The scene and situation were such that there was absolute darkness, no electricity, continuous rainfall and water up to waist-level high in which the rescue operation was carried out.

    ” Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia had also reached the spot to oversee the rescue work, he added.”

    “Some labourers were living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed,” Joint Commissioner of Police Mordia told PTI.

    “We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris. One person was rescued alive,” he said.

    LUCKNOW: The police control room received a distress call in the wee hours of Friday regarding the people trapped under the debris of an under-construction boundary wall that had collapsed in the Dilkusha area here.

    The call made amidst heavy downpour at 3.24 am urged immediate intervention and help, police said.

    By 3.27 am, the message was passed on to the police station and the fire brigade, and in the next 15 minutes, the police force was walking in waist-deep water, looking for those trapped under the debris, they said.

    “As we reached the spot 15 minutes after the message was passed on to the police station, our first priority and effort were to locate the person who had made the call to the control room, and pull him out from the debris,” ACP Cantonment Anup Kumar Singh, who was also present at the spot of the incident, told PTI.

    “It was Golu, who had made the call to the police control room. After pulling him from the debris, he was sent to the Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital,” he said.

    The fire brigade team also arrived on the spot and the wall was gradually broken and debris were removed.

    Following this the bodies were pulled out one by one, he added. The rescue operation continued till around 9.30 am, amidst rains, Singh said, adding that the rains slowed down around the same time the operation ended.

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    Narrating the scene and situation in which, the police, fire brigade and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) carried out the rescue operation, Singh said, “The scene and situation were such that there was absolute darkness, no electricity, continuous rainfall and water up to waist-level high in which the rescue operation was carried out.

    ” Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia had also reached the spot to oversee the rescue work, he added.”

    “Some labourers were living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed,” Joint Commissioner of Police Mordia told PTI.

    “We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris. One person was rescued alive,” he said.

  • 13 killed in incidents of wall collapse in UP amid heavy rains

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW/UNNAO: Heavy rains brought down walls in parts of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, killing 13 people including nine labourers who were buried alive under the debris in the state capital.

    The state government has announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the families of the deceased.

    In Lucknow, an under-construction boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed following overnight rains, leaving nine labourers dead and one injured, police said.

    “Some labourers were living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia told PTI.

    “We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris. One person was rescued alive,” he said.

    District Magistrate Suryapal Gangwar said the injured has been admitted to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital. The deceased hailed from Jhansi district.

    President Droupadi Murmu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak expressed grief over the loss of lives in the incident.

    “I am deeply saddened by the news of death of people due to a wall collapse in Lucknow. My condolences to the bereaved families. I wish the injured a speedy recovery,” Murmu tweeted in Hindi.

    In Unnao district, four people including two children died in wall collapse incidents in Kantha and Chandpur Jhalihai villages.

    In Kantha, three siblings — Ankit (20), Ankush (4) and Unnati (6) — died after a wall of their house collapsed due to overnight rains, said Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Narendra Singh.

    According to the villagers, the incident took place between 2 am and 3 am when the parents of the deceased had come out to assess the damage caused to their house due to rains.

    In a similar incident, 66-year-old Bal Govind died in Chandpur Jhalihai village, Singh said. The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination, officials said.

    Chief Minister Adityanath has directed officials to provide financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased, his office said in a tweet in Hindi.

    In view of the heavy rains, Adityanath directed officials across districts to monitor relief work and ensure that financial help is provided to the affected swiftly, an official statement said.

    Financial assistance should also be provided to those whose houses have been damaged or animals have died, he said.

    The chief minister also ordered officials to conduct surveys to assess the damage caused to crops due to rains, the statement said.

    LUCKNOW/UNNAO: Heavy rains brought down walls in parts of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, killing 13 people including nine labourers who were buried alive under the debris in the state capital.

    The state government has announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the families of the deceased.

    In Lucknow, an under-construction boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed following overnight rains, leaving nine labourers dead and one injured, police said.

    “Some labourers were living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia told PTI.

    “We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris. One person was rescued alive,” he said.

    District Magistrate Suryapal Gangwar said the injured has been admitted to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital. The deceased hailed from Jhansi district.

    President Droupadi Murmu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak expressed grief over the loss of lives in the incident.

    “I am deeply saddened by the news of death of people due to a wall collapse in Lucknow. My condolences to the bereaved families. I wish the injured a speedy recovery,” Murmu tweeted in Hindi.

    In Unnao district, four people including two children died in wall collapse incidents in Kantha and Chandpur Jhalihai villages.

    In Kantha, three siblings — Ankit (20), Ankush (4) and Unnati (6) — died after a wall of their house collapsed due to overnight rains, said Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Narendra Singh.

    According to the villagers, the incident took place between 2 am and 3 am when the parents of the deceased had come out to assess the damage caused to their house due to rains.

    In a similar incident, 66-year-old Bal Govind died in Chandpur Jhalihai village, Singh said. The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination, officials said.

    Chief Minister Adityanath has directed officials to provide financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased, his office said in a tweet in Hindi.

    In view of the heavy rains, Adityanath directed officials across districts to monitor relief work and ensure that financial help is provided to the affected swiftly, an official statement said.

    Financial assistance should also be provided to those whose houses have been damaged or animals have died, he said.

    The chief minister also ordered officials to conduct surveys to assess the damage caused to crops due to rains, the statement said.

  • Six labourers killed after wall falls on them in Bihar

    By IANS
    PATNA: At least six labourers died on Monday when the wall of a primary school fell on them in Bihar’s Khagaria district, police said.

    The incident took place at Chandi Tola village under Maheshkhunt police station at around 3 pm.

    According to Subhash Chandra Mandal, SHO of Maheshkhunt police station, some of the labourers had commenced an excavation work adjoining to the wall of the school, that damaged it resulting in the collapse, trapping labourers working at the site.

    “Of the 10 labourers working at the site, six died and 4 of them are suspected to be buried inside the debris,” the officer said.

    “The process of removing the debris is underway. An ambulance was rushed to the spot to shift the victims to the hospital,” he added.

    Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the death of six people in the tragic incident and announced an exgratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased.

    The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.

    (With PTI inputs)