In the South Delhi neighborhood of Satya Niketan, a five-story building nearly half a century old gave way on Sunday, claiming at least seven lives and burying others beneath concrete and steel. The structure had served as a private student hostel, one of countless aging buildings pressed into service to fill a gap that universities have long failed to close — the chronic shortage of safe, affordable housing for young people seeking an education in the capital. What collapsed was not only a building, but the accumulated consequence of deferred maintenance, inadequate oversight, and a city's un
Delhi building collapse kills at least 7; rescue efforts ongoing in student housing area
At least seven people killed and multiple others injured; 12 rescued from rubble with more potentially trapped in the collapsed five-story building.