At least four people died and nine others were injured after a portion of the boundary wall collapsed in Noida Sector 21. The incident occurred at the Jal Vayu Vihar Society on Tuesday morning.

The police reached the spot immediately after they received the information. The fire department and rescue team are also on the spot. According to the police, some workers feared being trapped under the debris. The rescue operation is underway.

Noida District Magistrate Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj reached the spot to monitor the rescue operation. He said the injured were rushed immediately to the District Hospital and Kailash Hospital. Several senior officers, including the joint commissioner, Love Singh, also visited the spot.

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Noida’s Police Commissioner Alok Singh said NDRF and fire brigade teams were conducting the last research mission. The FIR will be lodged and appropriate action will be taken in this matter.

According to the reports, the wall which collapsed is of Jal Vayu Vihar residential township where drain cleaning work was being carried out by workers. Jal Vayu Vihar Sahkari Avas Samiti constructed the wall. The official of the Noida Authority said the wall was constructed by the residents’ association around 25-30 years back.

Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, expressed sorrow over the lives lost in the tragedy involving the wall collapse. Senior officials have been ordered to rush to the scene quickly and conduct rescue efforts.

He expressed his condolences to the grieving families of the deceased and gave officials the go-ahead to set up the necessary treatment protocols while wishing the injured people a quick recovery.

The deceased have been identified as Amit (18), Panna Lal (25), Pushpendra Singh (25), and Dharam Veer. Three of them were the native of Badaun district in UP while Dharam Veer was from Sambhal.

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