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Lucknow Apartment Pillar Collapses, Building Tilts; 25 Families Flee Amidst Panic.
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News18•28-09-2026, 18:06
Lucknow Apartment Pillar Collapses, Building Tilts; 25 Families Flee Amidst Panic.
- •A pillar of the SA Apartment in Lucknow's Wazirganj police station area collapsed, causing the building to tilt.
- •25 families living in the apartment fled in panic, describing the tremor as feeling like an earthquake.
- •Resident Mohammad Ismail, who bought a flat in 2010 for ‘20 lakh, alleged that complaints about the building's dilapidated condition were ignored for 6-7 months.
- •District Magistrate, police, NDRF, and SDRF teams arrived at the scene, evacuated the building, and sealed off the area.
- •The administration is currently assessing the building's condition with the help of technical experts.
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A main corner pillar of the five-story SA Apartment sank into the ground, causing the entire building to tilt and creating severe tremors that led to panic and evacuation.
A total of 25 families residing in the five-story SA Apartment were safely evacuated by authorities following the collapse of the building's pillar.
The District Magistrate of Lucknow, along with police forces and teams from the NDRF and SDRF, rushed to the site, evacuated all residents, sealed the surrounding area, and set up barricades while technical experts assess the building.
