Relatives could hardly stop Kulsoom, who was eager to go to the spot with some relatives to get her daughter Uzma, grandson Mustafa and others safely out of the rubble in front of their eyes.
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Congress leader Zeeshan Haider’s Facebook post ‘Please pray for my family’ is enough to describe the pain, agony and sorrow of the relatives of those buried under the debris of a multi-storey residential building. For senior journalist Kulsum Talha of Lucknow Lucknow The news of the collapse of a multi-storey residential building in K Hazratganj was nothing short of a shock as he feared his daughter, grandson and another relative might be trapped under the debris. According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place at around 6.45 pm.
Relatives could hardly stop Kulsoom, who was eager to go to the spot with some relatives to get her daughter Uzma, grandson Mustafa and others safely out of the rubble in front of their eyes. He asked them to pray to Allah for everyone’s well-being. In this hour of grief, news of relief came for Kulsoom when she heard that Uzma’s son Mustafa has been saved and is undergoing treatment.
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The policemen posted at the site of the building collapse had to struggle a lot to control the grieving relatives and urge them to exercise restraint in the hour of crisis. Fellow officers were also trying to convince him. According to eyewitnesses, rescue vehicles initially found it difficult to reach the spot as the road was relatively narrow. However, as the news of the accident spread, local residents and other visitors from the vicinity evacuated their four-wheelers from the road. On the other hand, in view of the situation, the police restricted the traffic on the road from Dainik Jagran Square to the apartment located on Wazir Hasan Road.
refused to talk to the media
Meanwhile, residents of nearby houses, apartments and colonies were seen watching the rescue operations from their balconies. Most of the neighbors in the building refused to speak to the media as their faces wore a look of shock, fear and sadness. In Uttar Pradesh, Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh was seen taking an injured person to a hospital.
felt tremors at 6:47
A firefighter engaged in the rescue work said, ‘A woman was buried at the place where the building had collapsed, whom we pulled out by breaking bricks and cutting wood. He is safe.’ Anuja, a resident of the area, told, ‘I was in my flat. We felt the tremor at around 6.47 pm. I thought it was due to earthquake. But I was asked to come out because a nearby apartment had collapsed. About seven-eight families were living in the apartment.
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Maulana Yasoob Abbas, spokesperson of the All India Shia Personal Law Board, also reached the spot to inquire about the well-being of the building occupants. In the midst of the rescue work, filmmaker Muzaffar Ali was also seen asking about Uzma’s well-being. Meanwhile, JP Singh, a resident of Lucknow’s Jopling Road, whose friends live in a house next to the dilapidated building, heaved a sigh of relief that his friends and their family members were safe. Significantly, the multi-storey building located on Wazir Hasan Road in Hazratganj area of capital Lucknow suddenly collapsed on Tuesday evening. Seven people injured in this incident have been admitted to the hospital. Rescue teams are engaged in relief work.
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