“This was a ghastly incident. The KMC had already warned the residents of the building regarding a possible collapse. The structure was identified in the KMC’s dangerous building category but no heed was paid to our warnings. Such incidents will continue unless there are proper laws to strengthen eviction in cases where residents are continuing to live despite the precarious condition of the building.”
September 30, 2021According to a statement released by the district spokesperson, Rs two lakh will be given to the families of labourers who lost their lives and Rs one lakh to those critically injured due to the collapse of a three-storey building on Sunday night.
July 20, 2021"The team had rescued one Pradeep at around 9.25 p.m. last night and have pulled out two other bodies during the night-long operation. Our fourth companion Rahul alias Tinny Bhardwaj's body was pulled out Monday afternoon," said Vijay Kumar
July 19, 2021Police said that the weekly markets that function from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. were closed down for the past two months following the Covid-19 pandemic. The markets were to reopen on Monday at 6 a.m. and farmers from various villages around Anthiyur frequent the market to sell their products.
July 19, 2021The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory federal safety agency within the Department of Commerce, is expected to announce that they will launch an investigation to determine the technical cause of the collapse of the building located in Surfside.
July 1, 2021The first lawsuit, seeking $5 million in damages for the victims of the condo collapse, was filed late on Thursday. The cause of the oceanfront condo's collapse is unknown at this early stage.
June 26, 2021The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rescued 11 people from the site of the accident including one child.
September 21, 2020The State Disaster Response Force and the NDRF teams are present at the site and the rescue and relief operation is underway.
July 15, 2020Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh expressed his anguish over the building collapse.
February 8, 2020Out of the four who are reported to have died till now, three are students and one teacher.
January 25, 2020Many people are feared to be trapped under debris, according to the local administration.
October 14, 2019Some patients also fell down with the crashing slab as there was a small clinic on the upper floor of the ground-plus-storied structure.
July 31, 2019The incident comes barely two weeks after a residential building crumbled to the ground in the Dongri area of Maharashtra’s Mumbai killing at least 14 people.
July 31, 2019Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.
July 17, 2019An audit had classified the building as C1, meaning that it has to be evacuated for demolition at the earliest.
July 16, 2019MHADA Chairman Uday Samant said the building, located in Dongri area, was under their jurisdiction but given to a private builder for re-development.
July 16, 2019A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and fire tenders were rushed to the spot of the incident which was reported at around 11:40 am.
July 16, 2019