Rescue efforts enter second day at Old Delhi building collapse site

New Delhi Rescue operations at the site of a three-storey building collapse in Old Delhi’s congested Chawri Bazar area are still under way 24 hours after the incident that left two people dead and several trapped, officials said. The building, located in Gali Sitara near the Chawri Bazar Metro station, collapsed around 9.45 a.m.

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