Delhi building collapse: 60 dead, 80 injured

Sixty people died and at least 80 others were injured as a five-storey residential building collapsed in Lalita Park in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar area on Monday evening, NDTV reports.

More than 30 people are believed to be still trapped in the rubble.

According to eyewitnesses, at least 400-500 people were staying in the building which collapsed at 7.30 pm on Monday.

The injured have been admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash, Lalbahadur Shastri and Hedgewar hospitals. A special team of doctors has been assigned to treat the injured at all the three hospitals. According to Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia, at least 20 ambulances have been pressed into action to carry the injured to various hospitals

A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. Police said an adjoining building also faced risk of collapse and hence people have been evacuated from it.