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The '''Lalita Park building collapse''' occurred at 8:15&nbsp;p.m. local time on 15 November 2010 in the [[India]]n capital of [[New Delhi]]. The 15-year-old building was in the [[Lalita Park]] neighborhood, near [[Laxmi Nagar (Delhi)|Lakshmi Nagar]] in [[East Delhi]] close to the [[Yamuna River]]. The building housed about 200 people, mostly poor migrant families, but also some small businesses.

==Collapse==
A fifth floor was under construction.<ref name="tt">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Toll-in-Delhi-building-collapse-mounts-to-66/articleshow/6931596.cms|title=Toll in Delhi building collapse mounts to 66|date=16 November 2010|author=PTI|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref> The building was two floors higher than legally allowed, and its foundation had been weakened by water damage from recent flooding in the region. At least 67 people were killed and 73 were injured in the collapse.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Scores-Killed-Injured-in-Building-Collapse-in-New-Delhi-108369469.html|title=Scores Killed, Injured in New Delhi Building Collapse|date=16 November 2010|publisher=VOA}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
A magisterial inquiry into the incident was ordered. Under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was registered against the building's owner, Amrit Singh. Singh fled but was later captured. The [[Government of Delhi]] announced an [[ex-gratia]] of Rs 2 [[lakh]] each to the families of those killed and Rs 1 lakh to the injured.<ref name="tt"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101116/wl_asia_afp/indiaaccidentbuilding News.yahoo.com]
* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-11/16/c_13608988.htm News.xinhuanet.com]

{{Disasters in India in 2010}}

[[Category:Building collapses in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 disasters in India]]
[[Category:Building collapses in India|2010]]
[[Category:Disasters in Delhi]]
[[Category:2010s in Delhi]]


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