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NEW DELHI: Fifty tonnes of garbage came crashing down the 16-storey-high mountain of waste at east Delhi's Ghazipur landfill site in a deadly 'avalanche' that swept away a car and three two-wheelers, killing two people and injuring five on Friday afternoon.
Heaps of garbage dropped into the Kondli canal running alongside the landfill around 2pm, creating a giant wave of slushy water that hit the road next to the canal. It washed away the four vehicles -an Accent car, a scooty and two bikes -which fell into a drain on the other side of the road.
Fire officials, divers, police and NDRF teams searched the drain for three hours to rescue people who were swept into it and fish out the two bodies.
Police suspect more people working at the landfill site could be trapped under the debris. Officers said ragpickers from the area usually climbed up the mound searching for things to pick up.
The dead were identified as Rajkumari, 30, who was on the scooty along with two others, and a 20-year-old youth, Abhishek. Those rescued from the drain include Ayub Ansari (driver of the Accent), Pankaj and Karan (who were on the scooty), Deepak (riding the bike on which Abhishek was sitting) and Amit, who was on another bike. They are being treated at different hospitals.
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