Greater Noida buildings collapse: Toll reaches 8, many still feared trapped

Noida | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

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The officials said it seems sub-standard materials and weak foundation led to the collapse.“It seems the building’s one floor sank and the five floors collapsed. We will initiate stringent action against the persons involved in this incident,” Kumar said. NOIDA: A day after the two buildings collapsed in Shahberi in Greater Noida, there is no clarity over the number of people trapped under the rubble.By Wednesday evening, the NDRF workers have recovered eight bodies including that of two women and a 18-month-old child during the rescue operations. Prima facie we have found massive irregularities in the construction of this apartment. They continued the combing, rescue and debris removal exercise with the help of dog squad and life detector machines all through Wednesday evening.The two six-storey building stood parallel to each other with a five feet road between them..