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Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
Uttar Pradesh, three-storey building collapsed in the early hours today. Two people have died and 12 were rescued while four are still trapped under the debris, police said. According to reports a building collapsed around 3 am in Barabanki.
Teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are engaged in the relief and rescue work, Barabanki Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Singh said.
“Around 3 am in the morning, we received information about a building collapse in Barabanki…We have rescued 12 people…we have got information that three-four people are likely still trapped under the debris.. two have died,” he added.
Further details are awaited.
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