NEW DELHI:  One person died and two injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in New Delhi on Monday.


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The accident took place in Swaroop Nagar in northeast Delhi.


“1 labourer dead, 2 injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Swaroop Nagar today,” reported ANI news agency.


Last week, a three-storey building collapsed in Ashok Vihar area, killing six people including four children and a woman. Several others are still feared trapped in the debris.


The building collapsed near Sawan Park in Ashok Vihar phase 3.


 


A senior North Delhi Municipal Corporation official said the building was about 20 years old. Its structure was weak and in a deteriorated condition, the official added.


With agency inputs