Delhi Building Collapse in Seemapuri: One More Body Found Under Debris; Death Toll Rises to 4

A fourth body was recovered from the debris of a collapsed residential building in Delhi’s New Seemapuri area on Thursday morning, taking the death toll in the incident to four. Rescue operations are continuing at the site near Idgah Machhli Mandi, with multiple agencies searching for anyone who may still be trapped under the rubble. The four-storey building collapsed at around 3:15 pm on Wednesday. Eight injured people were rescued and shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Tahirpur for treatment.

Among the victims identified earlier was 21-year-old Gulafsa, who was around four months pregnant. A girl aged about 12 and another child, approximately one-and-a-half years old, were also killed. Their identities had not been established in the initial reports. The injured have been identified as Momin Mirja, 56; a three-year-old boy; Abdul Rehman, 28; Devruddin, 28; Salma, 50; Chote, 34; Sakina, 35; and Samad, 30. They were taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital for medical treatment. Delhi: 3 Killed, 8 Injured as Four-storey Building Collapses in New Seemapuri; Rescue Ops Underway.

Delhi Building Collapse in Seemapuri

Rescue Operation Underway

Teams from the Delhi Fire Service, Delhi Police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) have been involved in the rescue operation. Heavy machinery has been deployed to clear the debris, while ambulances and emergency personnel remain at the site. Officials said efforts are continuing to determine whether any other people remain trapped.

DCP Shahdara Rajendra Prasad Meena said the collapsed structure covered around 25 square yards and confirmed that multiple agencies were working at the site. North East Delhi District Magistrate Ajay Kumar said witnesses reported that demolition work was being carried out at an adjacent building and that machinery may have caused vibrations before the collapse. He said around seven or eight people were believed to have been inside the building at the time. The reported role of the demolition work has not been established as the confirmed cause of the collapse.

Building Collapse Cause Under Probe

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi had earlier said local residents reported cracks in the building following tremors from an earthquake in Uttarakhand on Tuesday evening. The civic body said the structure was around 20 to 25 years old and that its owner was reportedly in the process of vacating it. There are also differing descriptions of the structure in initial official accounts. Police described it as a four-storey building, while the MCD referred to it as a three-storey structure in a jhuggi-jhopri settlement near Idgah Machhli Mandi. Delhi Building Collapse: 5-Storey Building Collapses in Seemapuri, Rescue Teams Search for Trapped People.

The collapse also damaged parts of an adjoining building and the boundary wall of a nearby mosque, according to the MCD. Authorities are yet to establish the precise cause of the structural failure. The incident comes about a month after a building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on September 6, which killed seven people and injured 12.

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