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Eight people were killed and many feared being trapped under the rubble of two adjacent buildings that collapsed in Greater Noida on the outskirts of the nation's capital, officials said Wednesday. In Shahberi village, under the Bisrakh police station, Tuesday night, five-storey buildings were destroyed.
Officials said that at least one of the buildings was not licensed
. Arun Kumar Singh, Chief Fire Officer (CFO), said:
Two bodies were removed from the rubble last night and another was removed this morning as a National Disaster Response Force. (NDRF) mounted a rescue operation with police and firefighters.
Five other bodies were brought out in the evening and later at night.
Rescuers deployed heavy machinery to move the concrete. slabs and occasional exercises to reach people buried under debris. Sniffer dogs were trying to detect a sign of life
A crowd of people were hanging around the site of the mishap, including some who believed that their loved ones were trapped under the rubble.
Some apartment owners were planning to move into their new home.
Local politicians and media teams invaded the area as NDRF staff asked people to stay away.
Three of the victims were identified as Ranjit, Shamshad and Priyanka. Three members of the Priyankas family were still trapped, Singh said after his body was removed.
Police arrested four people, including the landowner. A total of 24 people have been appointed to the FIR.
The Greater Noida Development Authority Special Duty Officer (OSD), Vibha Chahal, was removed from office.
Yogi Aditya Nath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, also ordered the suspension of two other officials, the project leader VP Singh and the deputy project manager Akhtar Abbas Zaidi, for breach of duty.
Adityanath asked Divisional Commissioner Meerut to conduct an investigation and determine the extent of illegal construction in the area. the same day, Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate, Brajesh Narayan Singh, had also ordered an investigation into the accident, which was to be completed within 15 days
"They tried to sell an unauthorized construction to the people. "
NDRF Director General Sanjay Kumar gave a summary of the rescue operations.
He said that the rescuers were cautious when using the machines, in order not to harm people trapped under the debris Kumar said the rescue operations would probably be completed tomorrow.
According to a statement from the state government, a magistrate investigation will determine if the buildings were under the jurisdiction of the Great Noida Development Authority and if a certificate of no objection (NOC) was obtained prior to carrying out the construction.
It will also determine whether the quality of the m building material was up and construction workers were registered according to the In a press release, Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, CEO of Greater Noida, said that Shahberi is a "village notified" in Phase 1 of the Great Noida.
But the land acquisition notification was overturned by an order of the Supreme Court in May 2011, he said.
Local residents claimed that some builders bought land directly from farmers and built an unauthorized colony
. IR filed at Bisrakha police station, poor quality materials were used in the construction of the building.
The FIR stated that district authorities had warned builders and contractors in general against unauthorized construction. landowner Ganga Shankar Dwivedi and brokers Dinesh Singh and Sanjeev Kumar, both residents of Shahberi.
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