6 kin killed in Welcome building collapse

Eight people were also injured in the Saturday morning collapse; five adjoining buildings left partially damaged due to the impact

- Karn Pratap Singh

Six members of a family were killed and eight others injured—four from the same family as the deceased—after an unauthorised four-storey residential building collapsed in an approximately five feet narrow lane in Janta Colony of the Welcome neighbourhood, northeast Delhi, on Saturday morning, police said.

At least five adjoining multi-storey buildings in a nearly 10-metre radius were either partially damaged or developed cracks due to the impact of the collapse and the search and rescue operations were hampered because the incident happened in an area where buildings stood cheek by jowl, they added. Locals said the residential building was around 40 years old, and underwent revamp work around five years ago.