Noida (UP), Jul 30 (PTI) A worker died while another was hospitalised after part of a building collapsed on them during repair in a housing society in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Thursday, police said.

A portion of an extended ceiling collapsed on the two workers during a welding work, the police said. 

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Officials from the Beta 2 police station said they reached the spot immediately upon being alerted and the workers were pulled out of the rubble and rushed to a nearby hospital. 

"One of the workers, Qayoom, was declared dead by doctors while the other, Nand Kishor, is undergoing treatment," an official said. 

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Details of the deceased are being collected and other legal proceedings were being carried out, the police said.

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