Building Collapses In UP’s Barabanki: Soon after getting information, teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reached the spot and engaged in the relief and rescue work.

Lucknow: At least two people died and several others feared trapped after a building collapsed in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki in the wee hours on Monday. Soon after getting the information, the police personnel reached the spot and started the rescue operations.

Moreover, teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reached the spot and engaged in the relief and rescue work, Barabanki Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Singh said.

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“Around 3 AM in the morning, we received information about a building collapse in Barabanki. We have rescued 12 people. We have got information that 3-4 people are likely still trapped under the debris. The SDRF team is also at the spot, and the NDRF will arrive soon. Among the 12 people who were rescued and hospitalised, 2 have died,” Dinesh Kumar Singh, SP, Barabanki, said.

A video from the spot of the incident has emerged on the social media, showing the police officials and members of SDRF engaged in the rescue operation, and trying to remove debris from the collapsed building while the bystanders anxiously watched in apprehension. Notbaly, Barabanki is located 30 km east of UP’s capital city Lucknow.

In another incident on Sunday, a residential building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district  on Sunday, killing an infant and a woman while five others were injured.

Giving details, Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said the single-storey building collapsed at 12.35 AM on Sunday.

He added that the building had six flats and was located on Durga Road in Dhobi Talao area of Bhiwandi town.

One team of the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) and fire personnel from the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation reached the spot to carry out rescue operations. After an intense rescue operation, seven people were pulled out from the debris.

An eight-month-old girl and a woman died in the incident while five others were injured, as per the officials, the PTI report stated.