Rescue workers from neighboring cities rushed to Abadan to help. No further information was immediately available and authorities said the incident was under investigation.
The houses collapsed in the Jawalpuri, Gokalpuri, Shankar road and Moti Nagar areas of the city, officials of the fire department said.
Delhi-NCR woke up to heavy rains and thunderstorms today morning, which led to traffic snarls and waterlogging in several areas. Flight operations were also affected at the Delhi Airport due to bad weather today.
According to an Executive Engineer of PWD (Building) overseeing the constructions, the collapse could have been triggered by a design fault.
State-owned NHAI has already initiated process to handle such emergency situation and also taking all possible measures to avoid such incidents in future, said an official statement on May 22.
Deputy Commissioner of Ramban said that L-G of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha has also announced 1 lakh ex gratia from the relief fund.
The officials identified three bodies and said that they all hailed from West Bengal.
he operation to rescue eight labourers feared trapped under the debris following the collapse of an under-construction tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway resumed early on Saturday (May 21) after a fresh landslide forced the authorities to suspend the process last evening, officials said.
At least one person was reported dead while nine others were trapped under the debris after an under-construction tunnel collapsed on Thursday night.
Several machines and vehicles, including bulldozers and trucks, which were parked on front side of the tunnel, suffered damage.
The tragic incident took place at Sagar Salt factory situated inside the Halvad industrial area of Morbi district in Gujarat.
A beach house located in North Carolina was swept away by the heavy sea waves in a terrifying turn of events. According to a report, the house built near the seashore was worth Rs 3 crores. A video of it falling into the sea has left netizens stunned
Nitin Gadkari said there must be some error which led to the collapse of an under-construction bridge in Bihar's Sultanganj last month.
The six-story building in the city of Changsha partially collapsed on Friday. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the collapse trapped some 23 people who were in the building.
The matter is being investigated. Prime facie it has emerged that the degraded quality of material was used for construction.
NDRF, Delhi Fire department teams are carrying out rescue operations. A senior fire official said according to preliminary inquiry, it seems that the building was old and not in a good condition to undergo renovation.
The incident occurred in Nudrikheda village under Bijnor police station area on Apr 21 when a wedding ceremony was underway in the house, police said.
The incident took place when a 138-wheel trailer truck was crossing the narrow bridge, leading to the vehicle falling on the dry river bed.
A woman died while two other people were injured on Sunday when a portion of their house collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district.
Operational support has been mobilised from the local 102 Brigade of the Army, project Vijayak of Border Roads Organisation, and the Air Force Station, Leh, the spokesman said.
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