On the evening of September 6, a residential building in New Delhi's Satya Niketan neighborhood collapsed, claiming at least five lives and burying others beneath concrete and steel. The structure housed primarily students — young people seeking education in the city — and its failure speaks to a recurring tension in rapidly urbanizing societies between the pressure to house many and the discipline to house them safely. Nine survivors were pulled from the rubble, while rescue teams continued their careful, urgent work into the night, holding open the possibility that more might yet be found al
At least five killed in New Delhi building collapse
At least five people killed and nine rescued from the collapsed building; search for additional survivors ongoing.