Rescue workers trying to get survivors out of the rubble of a crematorium that collapsed in India on January 3 310. – Sakib Ali / Hindustan Times // SIPA
It is a real drama that took place on Sunday in India in a place already loaded with sadness. At least twenty people were killed in a collapsed roof of a crematorium caused by heavy downpours in Ghaziabad in the vicinity of
New Delhi , police said. Rescue teams spent hours rummaging through the rubble to extract the survivors. Some 20 people were rescued, while that at least wounded were transported to hospital, according to the PTI agency.
A newly constructed structure
“We have confirmation that 20 bodies ”have been discovered so far but the death toll could increase, policeman Mahipal Singh said. specifying that the cremation concerned an elderly person who had not died of
Covid- 20 . “They took shelter under the newly constructed structure… The construction could not stand the rain and collapsed, causing the deaths of these people,” he explained.
Building collapses are common in India. Many companies use cheap materials and bribe local authorities to get around regulations.