Greater Noida building collapse: Shocking pictures of the incident

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Two buildings in Greater Noida collapsed on Tuesday night killing at least three persons and trapping several others under the debris. A six-storey under-construction building collapsed into an adjacent building in Shah Beri village of Greater Noida last night. The first building collapsed and fell on the second building causing it to collapse under the impact, too.

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There were at least 12 labourers that were in the under-construction building when the incident took place and all of them were feared trapped. (PTI)

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The police personnel and firefighters were assisted by two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the ongoing rescue operations. (PTI)

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Near about 100 people were involved in the night long rescue effort using cranes to clear the rubble. (PTI)

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Those involved in the rescue operations were facing difficulties because of the narrow lanes in the area and a huge crowd that had gathered there. (PTI)

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The police said that the building that collapsed had been constructed a few years ago and did not appear to have many occupants. (PTI)

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Drills were used to remove metal rods to reach those trapped under the debris and a dog squad was also pressed into service. (PTI)

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate to monitor the relief-and-rescue operations. (Twitter/ANI)

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Greater Noida is one of a cluster of areas that sprung up around New Delhi over the last decade, home to scores of residential and commercial blocks, many of them unfinished structures for lack of funds or approvals from the state local authorities. (PTI)

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According to ANI, three people who were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the incident were the builder and his two associates. (PTI)

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The residents of the area said that all the constructions there were illegal and neither the builder nor the government nor the authorities looked after the matter. A localite, S Dubey, told ANI that they had met MLA Tejpal Nagar in this regard but nothing was done. They had also met with the DM & SSP of the area but to no avail. (PTI)