Four Buildings Collapse in Delhi’s New Seemapuri | Video (video)
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In a narrow lane in New Seemapuri, Delhi, several buildings came down in quick succession, turning the street into a field of broken concrete and splintered timber. A bystander at the scene says four houses collapsed almost at once. Within moments, the lane filled with residents and passers-by who began picking through the wreckage by hand.
A Street Reduced to Rubble
Piles of bricks, wooden beams and slabs of concrete cover the ground where the structures once stood. Dust is still hanging in the air, and the lane itself is barely passable, with debris spilling from wall to wall.
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On one side, a white wall with green arched panels and a small dome stands largely untouched, its paint still bright against the grey rubble. A large dark object rests on the ground beside it, and rough lengths of timber are stacked in the foreground.
On the other side, a multi-storey building shows a torn-open lower floor, its balconies still hung with clothes. Men walk across the debris, some stepping up to the broken edge of the structure, while others stand in the lane and watch.
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A chaotic scene unfolded in a space barely wide enough for two people to pass side by side. The damage stretches down the lane rather than sitting in one spot, with sections of wall, planks and chunks of brick spread across the ground, leaving the surviving walls of neighbouring buildings exposed.
A Crowd Gathers at the Scene
Dozens of people have gathered near the collapse. Some stand in a packed group beside the mosque wall, while others move toward the debris.
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Among them are men in white shirts and caps, a man in a yellow T-shirt, and a person in a black graphic-print shirt. One man in a white shirt wears a dark beaded cord around his neck and holds a phone in his hand.
Several people stand on top of the rubble, looking down at what was once a ground floor. Small figures appear at an upper balcony of a neighbouring building, watching the street below. Voices overlap as people point toward the collapsed sections.
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Reaching the wreckage is not simple. Timber and masonry block the middle of the lane, so people pick their way along the edges instead. No cordons or barriers appear in the scene, and bystanders stand close to the collapsed sections.
What a Bystander Said
One man's voice carries above the noise, and it is the clearest account of what people feared at that moment.
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"Just now, four houses have fallen down, brother, in Seemapuri… there is no guarantee how many people are trapped inside."
He repeats the same concern, saying those standing in front can only look at the debris. Nothing visible at the scene confirms how many people, if any, were inside when the structures came down.
What Remains Unclear
Those at the scene describe four houses going down together. The exact number of structures that came down, whether anyone was trapped and what caused the buildings to give way all remain without confirmation:
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- The exact number of structures that came down
- Whether anyone was trapped inside the rubble
- What caused the buildings to give way
Many voiced concern as the crowd grew, and people kept moving around the debris field. There is no official conclusion yet on the cause, and no verified count of those affected.
The buildings sat in a densely packed neighbourhood where lanes are narrow and structures stand wall to wall. Without a confirmed count of who was inside, the pile itself is where attention stays, as people work through it by hand in a tight space. Some details of what happened in the lane, including how many people were caught up in it, may not be independently confirmed.
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What do you make of this — should attention stay on the search through the rubble, or on how a lane like this gets rebuilt?
This story was edited from a publicly posted video; some details may not be independently verified.