Three more corpses recovered from debris late on Wednesday night

The death toll in the Laxmi Nagar building collapse reached 70 late on Wednesday, as authorities announced the recovery of three more corpses from the site of the catastrophe.

Fire department, civil defense and disaster management officials are working round the clock to clear the debris and rescue any survivors, howsoever remote the possibility may seem.

"We have recovered three more corpses from the debris. The deceased are yet to be identified. We are continuing the rescue operations," confirmed a fire department official.