NEW DELHI: One person died and two injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in New Delhi on Monday.
The accident took place in Swaroop Nagar in northeast Delhi.
“1 labourer dead, 2 injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Swaroop Nagar today,” reported ANI news agency.
Last week, a three-storey building collapsed in Ashok Vihar area, killing six people including four children and a woman. Several others are still feared trapped in the debris.
The building collapsed near Sawan Park in Ashok Vihar phase 3.
A senior North Delhi Municipal Corporation official said the building was about 20 years old. Its structure was weak and in a deteriorated condition, the official added.
With agency inputs
