LUCKNOW, Sept. 11 -- A year after a building collapse in Transport Nagar killed eight people and left 28 others injured, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has finalised the names of 13 officials who served between 2010 and 2014 when the illegal construction came up.

The list has been sent to the state government for appropriate action.

LDA vice-chairman Prathamesh Kumar on Wednesday confirmed the move. "A list has been prepared and forwarded for necessary action against 13 officials who were posted at the time of the [building's] construction," he said.

The mentioned three-storey building collapsed on September 7 last year. Soon after the incident, LDA ordered a structural audit by the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in ...