The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey student hostel in New Delhi has risen to six, with rescue teams working through the night to recover bodies and survivors from the rubble.
The building in the Satya Niketan neighbourhood, close to a Delhi University campus, came down on Sunday while repair work was being carried out in the basement and ground floor.
Police say they have no formal record of how many people were inside at the time.
Neha Poonia reports from New Delhi.
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Reporter Neha Poonia in New Delhi says the authorities have ordered the sealing of illegal high-rise structures, but residents say collapses in the area are far from uncommon.
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Neha Poonia in New Delhi says the disaster has also highlighted a chronic shortage of safe, affordable student accommodation in the Indian capital.
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