Housing Society Wall Collapses in Noida; four dead and eight severly injured

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• Sep 20, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, ordered senior officers to go to the scene after expressing sorrow over the lives lost, according to the chief minister's office.

Digital
Desk: letter-spacing:.15pt">Four construction workers were killed and eight others
were hurt after a section of a housing society's perimeter wall collapsed here
on Tuesday morning, according to the police.

Around
10 am, 12 people who had been buried beneath the debris at Jal Vayu Vihar in
Sector 21 were all labourers.

As police and fire
department employees sprang into action for quick rescue and relief efforts,
officials reported that several JCBs were dispatched to clear the debris of the
fallen stretch of the wall that was situated next to a drain.

"Twelve
workers in all were extricated from the wreckage. In the course of the
incident, four of them passed away while others were hurt "Ashutosh
Dwivedi, additional deputy commissioner of police (Noida), informed PTI.

Yogi
Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, ordered senior officers to go
to the scene after expressing sorrow over the lives lost, according to the
chief minister's office.

"Yogi Adityanath,
the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, expressed sorrow for the deaths caused by
the Gautam Budh Nagar wall collapse tragedy. He gave orders for senior
officials to arrive quickly and start providing aid in a military manner
"His office stated in a Hindi tweet. According to the Chief Minister's
Office, he also instructed the officials to see to it that the injured were
treated properly.

Ritu Maheshwari,
CEO of the Noida Authority, Joint Commissioner, Love Kumar, and Police
Commissioner, Alok Singh arrived at the location.

Officials
from the Fire Department, including its chief Arun Kumar Singh, were also
present to supervise relief efforts, according to the officials.

Maheshwari claimed that
the tragedy happened when drain repairs were being made. "The Jal Vayu
Vihar society is one with older buildings. The society itself also built the
boundary wall, which appeared frail "She spoke.

She
claimed that a contractor with the Noida Authority was completing work on the
outside society drain at the request of the community.

"The wall
unexpectedly fell as the workers on the drain repair were approaching it from
underneath. There were 12 to 13 people present. One of them who were rescued is
hurt, but the others are all fine "explained Maheshwari.

color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt">The Noida Authority CEO promised an
investigation when locals warned the contractor that the boundary wall was
flimsy.

color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt">"The police, the district
administration, and the Noida Authority will conduct a joint investigation, and
if any parties are found to have been negligent, appropriate disciplinary
measures would be taken. In contrast to the boundary wall, the contractor was
working on the drain "She elaborated. color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">