# Three rescued after building collapses in Delhi’s Kashmere Gate 2026-08-26T06:11:13+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Three members of a family were rescued after a portion of an old building collapsed in north Delhi's Kashmere Gate area on Tuesday. The ground floor and staircase caved in, trapping Lakshmi Devi, 78, her daughter Savita, 50, and Hemant Kumar, 43, on the second floor. Police personnel from the Kashmere Gate station entered an adjacent building and used wooden stairs and planks to reach the trapped family. Head Constables Ankur and Anuj Kumar and Constable Praveen Kumar carried out the rescue before fire services and MCD teams arrived. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Old buildings in congested parts of Delhi, especially in areas like Kashmere Gate, often lack structural maintenance and may not meet current safety codes. The Delhi government's building bylaws require owners to obtain structural stability certificates for buildings over 30 years old, but enforcement is weak. The MCD is the body responsible for inspecting and declaring such structures unsafe. This incident highlights gaps in preemptive inspections that could prevent collapses. The rescued family's narrow escape may prompt local authorities to audit similar old structures in the vicinity. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com Straight factual report of rescue, no framing bias This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Delhi, Delhi Police, Kashmere Gate Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/three-rescued-after-building-collapses-in-delhis-kashmere-gate/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/three-rescued-after-building-collapses-in-delhis-kashmere-gate/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/