Pics: People Trapped After Ghazipur Landfill Collapses
Sep 01, 2017 17:56 IST
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A giant pile of garbage teetered and collapsed at a massive dumping site in Delhi this afternoon, pushing a few cars, an auto-rickshaw and a scooter into a canal. -
Two bodies were recovered from the canal, while 5 people have been rescued. -
A rescue operation has been on for nearly 3 hours, with a team from the National Disaster Response Force arriving to help. Large cranes are being used to clear the roads. -
The 80-foot heap of garbage crashed onto the road with such force that cars were swept off the road into a canal. -
The Ghazipur landfill site came up in 1984, and is the oldest of three landfills where Delhi's garbage is dumped.
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