A pregnant woman died after a five-storey dilapidated building collapsed in Seemapuri’s E-Block in East Delhi, with the victim reportedly calling her family from beneath the rubble before rescue workers could reach her.
The woman, identified by Jagran as Gulafshan, was four months pregnant and had gone with her three-year-old daughter to visit her mother in D-Block. She was standing outside when the building suddenly collapsed, bringing down debris in the surrounding lane.
According to the report, Gulafshan remained trapped under the rubble for some time and used her mobile phone to call her father and sister Sabina. She reportedly told them, “I am alive, save me,” while her family members appealed to rescue personnel to reach her quickly. Sabina showed the rescuers the call records and told them that Gulafshan was pregnant and that a small child was also with her.
The report said Gulafshan died before the rescue team could reach her. Her visit to her mother, which had begun as a family meeting, became fatal after the building collapsed without warning.
Other residents were also caught in the incident. The report described the efforts of a woman identified as Hasina, who pleaded with rescue workers to retrieve her 56-year-old mother, Hazra, from beneath the debris. Hasina said her mother lived in a house behind the collapsed building and had been walking through the lane when the structure fell.
Jagran’s accompanying update on the Seemapuri incident reported that three people had died and 11 had been rescued. The report supplied for this story does not provide a complete official casualty list or details of the identities and condition of all those rescued.
The collapse has brought renewed attention to the risks posed by ageing and dilapidated buildings in densely occupied parts of Delhi, where narrow lanes can also complicate access for emergency teams. In this case, residents gathered around the security cordon and repeatedly appealed to personnel to allow them closer to relatives believed to be trapped under the debris.
The supplied report does not specify whether the building had previously been inspected, whether any structural safety notice had been issued, or what action authorities plan to take against the property owner. It also does not include a statement from the municipal authority or the rescue agency on the cause of the collapse.
Further details on the official casualty count, the structural condition of the building and the authorities’ next steps remain awaited as the rescue and response operation continues.
