Lucknow : At least nine persons died and two were injured when the boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed due to heavy rains on Friday. Police said that the incident took place in the Dilkusha area of Lucknow.
According to police so far one person has been rescued from under the rubble. Police has called in NDRF for rescue operation. "Some labourers were living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed," Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia said. "We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris and one person was rescued alive," he added.
The injured workers undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital said that the repairing of the boundary wall Dilkusha Garden was going on for the last 20 days adding that a total of 11 laborers were working there. " Everyday after working we used to sleep there. Due to incessant rain for the last two days, the work came to a halt. We were all sleeping there when suddenly the wall collapsed in the morning," the workers said. CMO Manoj Aggarwal said the wall collapsed in Dilkusha Garden early in the morning adding that the condition of the two injured is critical. hospital.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief and asked government officials to take all necessary action to rescue those trapped under the rubble. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh for those who died and Rs 2 lakh for the treatment of the injured.
Expressing her grief over the incident President Droupadi Murmu tweeted "I am deeply saddened to hear about the death of people in Lucknow due to wall collapse. My condolences to the bereaved families. I wish the injured people a speedy recovery."
