Noida lift crash | Toll rises to 8 as four more workers die; ₹25 lakh compensation issued

Eight workers die in Noida lift crash; families receive ₹25 lakh compensation. 4 succumbed to injuries on Sept 16, pushing death toll to 8. Compensation of ₹20 lakh from NBCC & ₹5 lakh from court's receiver.

Four more workers, who were hospitalised after a service lift crashed at an under-construction society in Noida Extension, succumbed to their injuries on September 16, pushing the death toll in the incident to eight, officials said.

A financial compensation of ₹25 lakh each has been issued for families of those killed in the incident, a senior officer said.

The lift had nine workers in it when it fell from the 14th floor of an under-construction tower at an Amrapali Dream Valley project site in Noida Extension, also known as Greater Noida (West), on September 15 morning.

The long-stalled project is being completed by the state-run NBCC under the monitoring of the Supreme Court.

“Four workers had died after the incident on Friday. Five of them were admitted to the district hospital in a critical condition. Of these, four more have succumbed to the injuries while one worker is still undergoing treatment,” District Magistrate Manish Verma told PTI.

The victims have been identified as Arbaaz Ali, 19, from Meerut, Kuldeep Pal, 20, from Kannauj, Maan Ali, 20, from Balrampur and Mohammad Ali Khan, 18, from Amroha, police said in a statement on Saturday.

The four workers who died on Friday were identified as Ishtaq Ali, 23, of Bihar’s Balrampur district, Arun Tanti Mandal, 40, of Bihar’s Banka, Vipot Mandal, 45, of Bihar’ Katihar and Aris Khan, 22, of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.