14 killed, 17 injured as building collapses in Karachi
World | March 06, 2020 9:40 IST14 people were killed and 17 others injured on Thursday after a five-storey residential building in the Gulbahar area collapsed.
14 people were killed and 17 others injured on Thursday after a five-storey residential building in the Gulbahar area collapsed.
Inspector General of Police Mushtaq Mahar has directed Central Senior Superintendent of Police Mohammad Arif Aslam Rao to head the rescue operation in the area, a police press release said.
Two persons, including a 70-year-old woman, were injured after an old dilapidated residential structure collapsed at Budhwar Peth in Maharashtra's Pune city on Sunday morning, a fire brigade official said.
A six-storey building in South Delhi's Munirka area tilted on February 21. The situation created panic among the residents of Munirka Village.
The building of a religious seminary collapsed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least four children and injuring 10 others.
A building in Jammu collapsed after fire broke out there around 3 am on February 12.
A fire department official said they rushed firefighters after receiving a distress call at 4.48 am and were making efforts to put out the blaze when suddenly the building collapsed at 5.30 am.
A massive fire broke out at a four-storey building on Monday in Uttan, Mira Bhayander near Mumbai, township of Thane district.
A three-storey building on Saturday collapsed in Punjab's Mohali. Several people feared to be trapped under the debris. Rescue operation underway.
Thirteen people have been rushed to a hospital and three students are still missing after a building collapsed in the city's Bhajanpura area on Saturday. An under-construction coaching center was being run in the building.
The roof of an under-construction building collapsed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here leaving one person dead and injuring another, police said on Saturday.
A 47-year-old woman died and eight others, including five children, were injured after the roof of a building collapsed in Uttam Nagar area here on Saturday, officials said.
A portion of the Bardhaman Railway Station building collapsed on Saturday evening, injuring two persons, an Eastern Railway (ER) spokesman said. They were taken to the Bardhaman Medical College Hospital, the official said, adding, Railway doctors have also rushed to the medical facility.
Fitch Solutions on Monday said it expects the country's residential and non-residential buildings sector to expand by 6.6 per cent.
A six-story building has collapsed in Kenya's Nairobi on Friday.Some people are feared to be trapped in the debris. Nairobi county police chief Philip Ndolo said that 10 people were rescued by residents of Tassia estate using their bare hands.
An unidentified person threw the infant from a An unidentified person threw the infant from a bathroom window on one of the higher floors of Jai Bharat Complex, a police official said.
The child was standing on the third floor of his building when out of a sudden he rolled out and accidentally fell. What happened next is just amazing. Read on to know.
Director of area cyclone-warning Centre, Regional Meteorological Centre, N Puviarasan told reporters that the presence of upper air circulation caused heavy to very heavy rains. Residents have been moved to safe ground as houses were marooned, officials said.
Students and teachers have opposed the construction of the building, saying it overlooks six women's hostels in the campus and is a threat to their privacy.
Living in a polluted India was anyway difficult, and it gets worse when there's a dilapidated building and stands the chance of falling over your head -- at any given instance of the day.
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