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Greater Noida building collapse: Eight dead, builder arrested; rescue operation underway

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Greater Noida building collapse: Eight dead, builder arrested; rescue operation underway

Live Updates | Greater Noida building collapse: Eight dead, many feared trapped; rescue operation underway (Photo: ANI Twitter)

In a major mishap, two buildings in Greater Noida collapsed on Tuesday night after one of the under-construction building fell on the other. Eight dead bodies have been recovered so far while many others are feared trapped under a scrap of the six-storey buildings that collapsed in Shah Beri village under Bisrakh police station.

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Four National Disaster Response Force teams have reached the scene and a major rescue operation is underway.

"Operations will continue till all victims are rescued," NDRF commandant PK Srivastava told news agency.

Here are the Highlights on Greater Noida Building Collapse:

# 22:00: One more body recovered, the death toll in the incident rises to 8.

# 21:38: UP CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those dead and Rs 50,000 each to those injured in the incident.

# 21:27: Death toll in the incident rises to 7; Search and rescue operation is still underway.

# 21:12: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: One more body recovered, total 6 bodies recovered so far.

# 19:58: Five dead and several feared trapped under the rubble of two adjacent buildings.

# 16:10: Correction: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: 2 bodies identified, total 3 bodies recovered so far. Search and rescue operation underway. 4 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams present at the spot. (Original tweet will be deleted)

# 13:50: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: 1 more body recovered, total 4 bodies recovered so far. Search and rescue operation underway. 4 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams present at the spot.

# 13:20: A one-year-old girl is missing after her house was covered under debris.

# 11:00 AM: Had approached local administration but no action was taken. We met MLA Tejpal Nagar who wrote to them to take action but nothing was done. Had also met DM & SSP but to no avail. All construction here is illegal, neither builder nor govt or authority looks after it, says S Dubey, local.

# 09:25 AM: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: Search and rescue operation is underway. 4 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are present at the spot. Three bodies have been recovered so far.

# 08:50 AM: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: The three people who have been arrested in connection with the incident are the builder and his two associates

# 08:45 AM: Latest visuals from Greater Noida's Shah Beri village where two buildings collapsed last night. Three bodies have been recovered so far. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Search and rescue operation is underway. More details awaited.

# 08:15 AM: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident. More details awaited

# 07:58 AM: District administration and NDRF teams are engaged in rescue and search operations. Some people are feared trapped in the rubble. Our thoughts are with the families of those who died in the incident: KP Maurya, Deputy CM on Greater Noida building collapse (file pic)

# 07:26 AM: Dog squad has been deployed at the building collapse spot in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village. 4 NDRF teams are present. (earlier visuals)

# 07:15 AM: Building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village: 3 dead bodies have been recovered till now. Search & rescue operations are underway.

 

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