Officials said slabs, support piers and shuttering structures crashed down around 2 am after strong winds and severe weather battered the region, triggering panic at the construction site. An urgent rescue operation was launched involving SDRF teams, police and district authorities.
A total of 36 workers had suffered severe burn injuries in the April 14 boiler explosion at the plant in Singhitarai village of Sakti district.
At least forty people were killed and many others injured after an explosion at a bar in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana in Switzerland during New Year celebrations.
At least nine passengers died after a bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s ASR district. Injured passengers were taken to Bhadrachalam Hospital. Leaders expressed grief.
The Medical Superintendent of MG Hospital, Dr Fateh Singh Bhati, said that the injured passenger - Iqbal of Gangana village - died in the morning.
The police registered a case under section 106 (death by negligence), 290 (Negligent conduct with respect to repairing buildings) of BNS and an inquiry has been initiated.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath emphasised on Friday that Purvanchal is now free from encephalitis, with the death toll reduced to zero.
The death toll in the building collapse here climbed to eight, with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris, officials said on Sunday.
NDRF and SDRF teams rushed to the spot and rescued over 30 people from the debris.
Around 1,80,224 hectares of agricultural land and 15,109 hectares of land under horticultural farming have been inundated due to floods in the state.
