In Noida, Apartment’s Boundary Wall Collapses; 3 Dead

Rescue operation is underway…

New Delhi: On Tuesday Morning, 20 September 2022, Three construction workers were crushed and some others were injured after a part of the boundary wall of a residential society in Noida collapsed.

Bulldozers have been pressed into rescue work at Jal Vayu Vihar, a large housing complex in Noida's Sector 21. 

"Orders of Rescue and relief measures have been launched. Fire department personnel and police, including senior officers, are at the spot," news agency PTI quoted a police officer as saying.

CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed his condolences. "The Chief Minister has directed the senior officers to reach the spot immediately and conduct relief work on a war footing," the CM's office tweeted.

The Chief Minister has also directed officials to ensure proper treatment of those injured in the incident, his office said.

District magistrate Suhas LY rushed to the spot after receiving information about the painful incident. "Rescue operation is underway.

Details of the injured people are being ascertained. The area is being searched as a precautionary measure. All teams are present here," he told the media. 

The district magistrate said that the Noida development authority had given a contract to repair the drainage system near the apartment complex. "We have been told that when labourers were pulling out bricks and suddenly the wall collapsed. Investigation is going on," he said.

Rescue workers and police personnel are trying to remove the debris to rescue the trapped workers.