2 die as 15-storey garbage hill collapses in Ghazipur

Two persons, including a woman, were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a huge portion of the garbage mountain at the 50-metre-tall Ghazipur landfill site collapsed on Friday evening. Authorities said 7-8 vehicles on a road parallel to the landfill site were washed away. The road has a canal and a drain on each of its side.

The impact of the caving in was such that an iron railing broke and motorists were thrown into the canal. Rescue operations continued till late in the night as police fear there might be more victims. The eye witnesses described the collapse as a horrific landslide that covered more than half a kilometre of the road parallel to it. Many vehicles might be buried under the debris, authorities said.

Chief Fire officer of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Atul Garg, said the incident took place around 4 pm and more than 25 fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot. “According to witnesses, huge chunks of garbage came running down and fell into the canal parallel to the site.

The force was such that water from the canal washed away people and vehicles passing on the road. Vehicles and pedestrians fell into the …read more