Three dead, nearly 20 trapped under rubble as building collapses in Lucknow’s Hazratganj

Earlier in the day, an earthquake had been reported across northern India at about 2.28 pm triggering tremors across Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Administrative officials in Lucknow are yet to ascertain whether the tremors had weakened the old building located in Hazratganj

FP Staff|Jan 24, 2023, 20:35:49 IST

Lucknow: Three people are feared dead and at least 20 are believed to be trapped under rubble and debris after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow on Tuesday evening.

Earlier in the day, an earthquake had been reported across northern India at about 2.28 pm triggering tremors across Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The earthquake’s epicentre was in neighbouring Nepal at a place 148 km east of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. This is the latest in a series of earthquakes which have hit the Himalayan country in the last couple of months. The earthquake measured 5.8 on the Richter Scale.

Administrative officials in Lucknow are yet to ascertain whether the tremors had weakened the old building located in Hazratganj.

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