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Dozen students trapped in coaching inst lift in Lucknow’s Hazratganj
As soon as the lift got stuck, chaos reigned with people from the institute immediately calling up 112 after which the police and fire department immediately reached the site
Twelve students –all aged between 19 and 21 years – were trapped inside the lift of a coaching institute at the New Janpath complex situated on Ashok Marg, Narhi, in the Hazratganj area of Lucknow, on Monday evening.
“Students who were trapped inside the lift were rescued safely after an hour,” said Mangesh Kumar, chief fire officer (CFO), Lucknow.
As soon as the lift got stuck, chaos reigned with people from the institute immediately calling up 112 after which the police and fire department immediately reached the site.
Soon, some senior officials of Lucknow Police, including Aparna Rajat Kaushik, DCP (Central) and those from the Hazratganj Fire Station, reached the site with an ambulance on stand-by.
According to the CFO, the lift was stuck in the middle of the first and second floors due to a technical glitch. The firefighting team opened the door and rescued the students.
According to Abhishek Singhania, director of the coaching institute said, “Twelve students boarded the lift due to which its cable broke. However, the lift technicians immediately got to it, and they said that it would take an hour. Meanwhile, lights and fans were working, and food and water was being provided.
INCIDENTS IN LAST MONTH
Four cases of people getting trapped inside lifts have been reported in the state capital in the 20 days of June.
June 4: Three people trapped in a lift for approximately 20 minutes twice at Lucknow Development Authority’s (LDA) Parijat Housing, on Faizabad Road.
June 13:
In the first incident, five people, including three elderly people, were trapped inside a lift for 15 minutes in Parijat Apartments.
In the second such incident, a worker was trapped for 20 minutes in LDA’s Sargam Apartments’ lift in the Jankipuram area.
May 23: An elderly patient was seriously injured after a lift fell into the shaft at a private hospital in Hussainganj area of Lucknow and was taken to the emergency room of the Civil Hospital.
