November 16, 2010 11:20 AM

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The death toll in East Delhi's building collapse has risen to 53.Scores of rescue workersworking this morning to pull out people trapped inside the debris of a building collapsed in East Delhi.The toll mounted to 53 from the overnight figure of 42 after 9 persons succumbed to injuries and two more bodies have been pulled out from the debris at Lalita Park in Laxmi Nagar.Delhi government officials said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident.A 250-member disaster management team has been deployed to help in rescue effort which has been going on through the night. Delhi Government today announced an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees each to the families of those killed and one lakh rupees to those injured in the East Delhi building collapse. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Lieutenant Governor Tejindra Khanna, who today visited the site of the building collapse in Lakshmi Nagar, said strict action would be taken against those found guilty for the incident which has left 65 people dead and at least 80 injured. Mr. Khanna said he has told MCD to carry out a survey of all buildings in Shahadra zone so that weak buildings can be retrofitted to prevent similar incident in future while those beyond repair will be sealed. Chief Minister Mrs. Dikshit said that already a magisterial inquiry has been ordered and strong action would be taken against those found responsible for the collapse.

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