Tragic accident: Police and army personnel carrying out a rescue operation as passers-by gather around after a building collapsed in the state of Uttar Pradesh. — AFP
New Delhi: A building under construction collapsed in northern India killing at least four labourers, an administrative official said, in the latest deadly accident to highlight shoddy construction standards in the country.
Workers were placing a concrete slab on the top floor of the seven-storey residential building in Uttar Pradesh state’s Kanpur district when it came crashing down yesterday.
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