Dilapidated building in northern India collapses; no casualties reported
by Aditi VermaA dilapidated building in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh collapsed, with no casualties reported. The incident, captured on video, is now circulating widely on social media.
The incident took place at Belanganj, Sekseriya College Road in Chhata area of , Agra on August 29.
Visuals showed after continuous rainfall, an old house had one of its walls completely collapse. The wall crumbled down, sending debris crashing to the ground, and dust clouds billowed in all directions.
In Agra’s Belanganj locality, a decades-old, dilapidated building on Sekseriya College Road collapsed unexpectedly on Thursday. Fortunately, the building was unoccupied at the time, and no one was injured in the incident. The collapse occurred after heavy rainfall on Wednesday, which may have weakened the structure. The building, which had been abandoned, stood next to another structure that had been demolished earlier, leaving a vacant plot beside it. The side wall of the dilapidated building began to shake before suddenly collapsing, striking the neighboring building.
A bystander recorded the collapse on video, which has since gone viral on social media. The incident has raised concerns about the safety of several other aging and unstable buildings in the Belanganj area, many of which are still inhabited despite their deteriorating condition.