3 dead as multi-storey residential building collapses in Lucknow

India

pti-PTI

Lucknow,
Jan
24:
Several
people
are
feared
trapped
after
a
four-storey
residential
building
collapsed
in
Lucknow’s
Hazratganj
on
Tuesday,
officials
said.

At
least
nine
people
have
been
pulled
out
of
the
rubble
and
sent
to
hospitals,
even
as
the
rescue
operation
is
on,
they
said.
Uttar
Pradesh
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Brajesh
Pathak,
who
earlier
talked
about
the
death
of
three
people
in
the
incident,
retracted
his
comment
later.

Talking
to
PTI,
he
said
there
were
initial
reports
of
three
people
in
unconscious
condition
and
were
feared
dead.
“But
now
information
is
coming
that
nobody
is
dead.
Those
rescued
from
the
building
have
been
moved
to
hospitals,”
Pathak
said.

“The
rescue
operation
is
going
on.
NDRF-SDRF
personnel
have
arrived
at
the
spot.
Police
jawans
and
fire
brigade
personnel
have
also
arrived
at
the
spot,”
he
said.
Asked
if
the
collapse
on
Wazir
Hasan
road
was
due
to
an
earthquake
earlier
in
the
day,
Lucknow
District
Magistrate
Suryapal
Gangwar
said,
“It
is
too
early
to
comment
as
our
efforts
currently
are
directed
to
save
the
lives
of
the
people
trapped
inside.”