Building Collapse

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (651+ words) A Delhi court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Satya Niketan PG operator Shubham Tyagi, days after seven people, mostly students, were killed when the multi-storey building being used as a paying guest accommodation collapsed. The pre-arrest bail…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (315+ words) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has placed three officials of its building department under suspension with immediate effect for dereliction of duty and negligence in the discharge of their official responsibilities regarding action against unauthorised construction. As per the orders…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) A scaffolding collapsed during slab casting at an under-construction commercial complex in Kudasan in Gujarat's Gandhinagar late on Wednesday, Range Inspector General of Police Virendra Yadav said. Twelve workers were rescued, while 10 others remain trapped. Yadav added that there has…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (489+ words) The action marks a major escalation from the initial response to the September 6 tragedy. What began as an investigation into one collapsed student hostel has now expanded into questions about unauthorised floors, structural safety, MCD oversight and whether hundreds of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (428+ words) Delhi Police have arrested Sudhanshu, one of the operators of the PG accommodation running from the building involved in the Satya Niketan building collapse. Police are currently questioning him and he is expected to be produced before a court shortly....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (335+ words) The father of Arpit Jaj, a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Dewas, who was among the people who died in the collapse, made this appeal with folded hands as he bid a final farewell to his son, reported news agency PTI....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (273+ words) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning a massive survey of paying guest (PG) accommodations and the number of inmates they house, aiming to zero in on such facilities that are unsafe in the wake of a building collapse in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (538+ words) Delhi Police have registered an FIR in connection with the Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people, alleging that additional floors were constructed on the old structure despite concerns over its load-bearing capacity and that further construction work was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (419+ words) The Delhi Police on Tuesday denied reports that mobile phone jammers had been installed at the Satya Niketan building collapse rescue site, saying mobile networks were functioning normally. In a post on X, the police described the claims about the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (550+ words) Delhi Police on Tuesday rejected claims that mobile jammers were installed near the Satya Niketan PG building collapse site. Delhi Police on Tuesday rejected claims that mobile phone jammers had been installed around the site of a multi-storey building housing…...