Lucknow building collapse: Toll rises to 8, CM Yogi visits injured at hospital

The death toll in the building collapse has climbed to eight with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris officials said on SundayJoint Commissioner of Police Amit Verma said there is a minimum possibility of someone still being trapped insideChief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Lok Bandhu Hospital here to meet those injured in the incident after returning from Ambedkar NagarMet the people injured in the unfortunate building collapse incident in Lucknow at Lokbandhu Shri Rajnarayan Joint Hospital today Enquired about their wellbeing and gained information from the doctors about their treatment he said in a post on XUnder the supervision of skilled doctors proper treatment is being provided to all on top priority In this difficult time the Uttar Pradesh Government is standing with the victims and their families with full readiness and sensitivity I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant speedy recovery to the injured the chief minister addedPrime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the deaths in the incident He prayed for those who lost their loved ones in the incident and wished a speedy recovery of those injuredAccording to a post on X by the Prime Ministers Office PMO the PM has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund PMNRF and Rs 50000 for those injuredA threestorey building in the Transport Nagar area here collapsed on Saturday leaving 28 people injured while five bodies were recovered from the spotAs the rescue operation continued overnight teams of the National Disaster Response NDRF and State Disaster Response Force SDRF recovered three bodies identified as Raj Kishore 27 Rudra Yadav 24 and Jagrup Singh 35 Relief Commissioner G S Naveen saidThe eighth body was recovered around 3 am on Sunday officials saidJoint Commissioner of Police Verma said We are now focusing on ensuring that no one else is trapped under the rubbleNDRF and SDRF teams are removing the debris and that will take time The possibility of someone still inside the debris is lower Had there been someone their family members would have contacted us by now he saidPolice said the building was constructed around four years ago and some construction work was underway at the time of the incident Most of the victims were working on the ground floor when the incident occurred at 445 pm on SaturdayThe injured have been admitted to various hospitals in the district including the Lok Bandhu HospitalAccording to the officials the building had a motor workshop and warehouse on the ground floor a medical godown on the first floor and a cutlery warehouse on the second floorAkash Singh who worked in the medical godown and was among the injured said a pillar of the building had developed a crackWe came down to the ground floor because it was raining We noticed that a crack had developed on a pillar of the building Suddenly the entire building collapsed on us he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever