Injured woman succumbs, toll 12
The death toll from the collapse of an under-construction high rise in the Garden Reach area has risen to 12 after a woman who was under treatment for injuries sustained in the incident succumbed on Saturday night.
Newly-elected city Mayor Asha Sharma on Tuesday took oath along with her team of over 100 councillors in the newly-constituted municipal body of Ghaziabad city.
Divisional Commissioner Prabhat Kumar administered the oath of office to Sharma, while the new Mayor administered the oath to the 100 councillors at a function held in the Ramlila Ground.
Minister of State for External Affairs General (Rtd) V.K. Singh was chief guest at the function.
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The new civic body contains 57 Bharatiya Janata Party, 15 Congress, 13 Bahujan Samaj Party, five Samajwadi Party and 13 Independent councillors.
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