NDRF launches rescue at Chawri Bazaar collapse site

Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) launched a rescue operation at the collapse site in Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, accompanied by Delhi Minister Ashish Sood, visited the collapse site at Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Delhi Police personnel cordoned off the area surrounding the collapse site in Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, to control crowds and facilitate the rescue effort on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

An NDRF officer navigated narrow lanes alongside Delhi Police personnel maintaining security near the Gali Sattara, Paiwalan collapse site in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026, highlighting the access challenges of the densely built area. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

The collapsed structure left a large mound of debris at Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026, with the damaged facade of adjoining buildings also visible. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Rubble from the collapsed three storey under construction building spread across Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026, complicating access for rescue teams. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Ambulances and emergency personnel were deployed in the narrow lanes near Gali Sattara, Paiwalan as crowds gathered at the collapse site in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

NDRF personnel worked through the debris at Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026, conducting a hands on search and rescue operation at the collapsed building site. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Multiple teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continued their rescue effort amid rubble at the Paiwalan site near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, as the operation intensified through the day on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Residents and onlookers assembled near Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026 as rescue teams worked at the site of the three storey building collapse near Chawri Bazaar. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

NDRF teams were actively conducting a rescue operation in Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, on 5 November 2026, sifting through the ruins of the collapsed under construction building. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

NDRF responders systematically combed through the collapsed structure in Sheesh Mahal, Gali Sattara near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, on 5 November 2026, searching for any survivors beneath the debris. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra and MCD Mayor Pravesh Wahi visited the collapse site at Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Delhi Minister Ashish Sood surveyed the building collapse site at Paiwalan, Chawri Bazaar in Old Delhi on 5 November 2026, taking stock of the ongoing rescue effort. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, flanked by Minister Ashish Sood, reviewed the extent of the damage at the collapsed building site in Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, on 5 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

Rekha Gupta and Ashish Sood were on site at Gali Sattara, Paiwalan near Chawri Bazaar, Old Delhi, on 5 November 2026, overseeing the response to the three storey building collapse as NDRF teams continued their operation. (Photo: NationPress/Wasim Sarvar)

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