According to Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the two-story building crumbled in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, leaving an additional 30 individuals hospitalised.
"I touch your feet, please finish the work on time," Kumar said, urging the officer to speed up the work during the inauguration of the third phase of the JP Ganga Pathway.
According to Deogarh District Collector, Vishal Sagar, "A three-storey building collapsed here in Deogarh early on Sunday. Two people have been rescued from the site and many others are feared trapped in the debris. Rescue operations are underway."
Although no one was hurt, the collapse caused rainwater to flood the house, trapping the family inside. A team from the State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) was called in to rescue the family and shift them to a safe location.
A total of seven bodies have been recovered from the debris formed due to the collapse of a five-storey building in Surat in Gujarat, an official said on Sunday.
Three bodies have been retrieved while at least six to seven people are feared trapped in the debris as the rescue operation is underway by the SDRF and NDRF teams where a six-storey building collapsed in Surat on Saturday.
One person died, and many others are feared to be trapped in the debris when a multi-storeyed building collapsed in the Sachin area of Surat on Saturday amid heavy rains for several days in the region. The body was recovered from the site where the six-storeyed building collapsed in the a
In a sharp retort to Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Yadav's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government could collapse by August, JDU leader Neeraj Kumar remarked on Saturday that if Lalu Yadav is so good at predicting the future, did he foresee his own involvement in scams?
A multi-storey building collapsed in the Sachin area of Surat on Saturday afternoon. Many people are feared being trapped in the debris. Police and fire department teams are present at the spot. Rescue operations are underway.
The Bihar government has suspended 11 engineers from the Water Resources Department in Siwan and four engineers from the Rural Works Department in the wake of the bridge collapse.
Following the multiple bridge collapse in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday slammed the Nitish Kumar-led government and said that the double engine of the Bihar government is engaged in "corruption and crime."
He further challenged JD(U) which has been ruling the state of Bihar for the past 17 years to release details of the officials involved in sanctioning and laying the foundation stone of bridges that have collapsed to expose the corrupt.