4 officials axed over Ghaziabad building collapse

Ghaziabad: Teams of the National Disaster Response Force ( NDRF) on Monday completed the rescue operations of the five- storey building that had collapsed here killing two persons and injuring another eight, officials said, adding that four supervisors of the Ghaziabad Development Authority ( GDA) have been suspended. Trapped under the debris of the under construction building that came down like a pack of cards on Sunday in Akash Nagar colony of Dasna Masuri, the eight injured were admitted to a hospital, a police official said. “At least 8 injured persons who were trapped under the debris were rescued, while 2 died,” SSP Vaibhav Krishna said. The government officers who were hand in gloves with the builders and land owner will also face prosecution. The report on the magisterial inquiry carried out in the incident was submitted by additional district magistrate ( finance and revenue) Sunil Kumar Singh on Monday evening. In the wake of the investigation report, the district magistrate and vice chairperson of GDA Ritu Maheshwari sent a recommendation to the government to initiate action against assistant engineer of GDA Nishant Kumar and junior engineers T. N. Singh, Rama Kant Tiwari, Rameshwer Sharma, Kamaldeep, Arun Kumar and Adarsh Bhatnagar for dereliction of duty. In addition, three supervisors and a workmate have been suspended and show- cause notices were issued to three supervisors— PTI