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Delhi Residential Building Collapses in New Seemapuri, No Casualties Reported
A home building fell down in New Seemapuri, Delhi, on Wednesday.
The report said no one had been reported hurt or killed there so far.
People from the neighborhood came to look at the site.
This happened about a month after another building collapsed in Satya Niketan.
In that earlier collapse, seven people died.
Police said repair work may have weakened the Satya Niketan building.
They said workers added debris to its basement and removed a ground-floor wall.
Police arrested two people in connection with that earlier case.
A residential building collapsed near Idgah Machhli Mandi in New Seemapuri on Wednesday.
No casualties had been reported at the time of the report, and residents gathered at the site.
The collapse occurred about a month after a five-storey building fell in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area.
Police said renovation work allegedly weakened the Satya Niketan building before its collapse.
Seven people died in the Satya Niketan collapse on September 6.
- Who
- Residents and people at the New Seemapuri collapse site; police investigating the earlier Satya Niketan collapse.
- What
- A residential building collapsed in New Seemapuri; the report also describes the investigation into the Satya Niketan collapse.
- Where
- Near Idgah Machhli Mandi in New Seemapuri, Delhi; the earlier collapse occurred in Satya Niketan, Delhi.
- When
- The New Seemapuri collapse occurred on Wednesday; the Satya Niketan building collapsed on September 6.
- Why
- The cause of the New Seemapuri collapse was not stated. Police said renovation work and added basement debris allegedly weakened the Satya Niketan building.
Police account
Other perspectives
Cause of the Satya Niketan collapse
Police account
Police said basement debris and removal of a ground-floor wall during renovation allegedly affected the building’s stability.
Other perspectives
The report provides no response or alternative account from the accused or other parties.
Key facts
- New Seemapuri casualties
- None reported so far
- New Seemapuri location
- Near Idgah Machhli Mandi, New Seemapuri, Delhi
- Earlier collapse
- A five-storey building collapsed in Satya Niketan on September 6
- Satya Niketan fatalities
- Seven people died
- Renovation work described by police
- About three truckloads of debris were put in the basement, and a ground-floor wall was allegedly removed
- People arrested in Satya Niketan case
- Labour contractor Sanoj Kumar and PG operator Shudhanshu Lovneesh
Sources
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