Delhi building collapse LIVE: 5 dead in Satya Niketan building crash; FIR registered

Delhi building collapse LIVE: Rescue operation underway after a 50-year-old five-storey building housing a boys' hostel collapsed in a congested bylane in Satya Niketan near Delhi Universitys south campus, Sunday. Delhi building collapse LIVE: The death toll in the Delhi building collapse has gone.

Two of the students, admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre, are in a critical state, the hospital said. Police said that a PCR call regarding the incident was received at South Campus Police Station at around 1:34pm.

What Happened

A police official at the site, later cited preliminary inquiry, around 40-50 students are suspected to have been inside the building at the time of the collapse. According to locals in the area, the collapsed building was a boys' PG.

• Calling the collapse an unfortunate incident, he said that the government is looking at what irregularities were there in the building.

• Delhi building collapse LIVE: Delhi health minister Pankaj Singh arrived at the collapse site in Satya Niketan and condoled the incident.

• As this happened, NSUI President Vinod Jakhar demanded accountability while levelling allegations that the collapsed hostel building was operated by a BJP MLA.

Key Details

An eyewitness reportedly told news agency ANI that the five-storey building was called "Hostel Daze", a dedicated boys' PG. All the students in their rooms were trapped under the rubble.

• Delhi building collapse LIVE: Tensions escalated at the Satya Niketan building collapse site in South-West Delhi on Sunday as National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers clashed during.

• The official said the collapsed building violated norms and was only allowed to build a ground floor plus the first floor.

• The five-storey structure, which housed a boys' hostel, was a nearly 30-year-old G 4 building constructed on an area of around 55 square yards in a resettlement colony where permission was granted only for.

Why It Matters

He added that many students have suffered severe injuries, adding that rescuers are working to pull them out with great difficulty. Students in the vicinity claim that, since it was Sunday, most students would have been inside the building at the time.

• According to officials, the MCD has evacuated tenants from the building housing a girls' PG adjoining the collapsed building and sealed it.

• Delhi building collapse LIVE: After a five-storey building collapsed in south Delhi's Satya Niketan on Sunday, killing at least three students, locals blamed repair work and water accumulation in the basement, while the MCD.

What Reports Say

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