A visit by two relatives of a woman staying in the ill-fated building in Dongri ended on a tragic note as they got trapped under the debris after it collapsed and died, officials told PTI.
A four-storey building in Mumbai's Dongri area collapsed on July 16. More than 40 people, including children, are feared trapped under the debris. Rescue workers and NDRF teams have been rushed to the spot.
Officials said that at least two people have been killed while at least five injured in the incident, even as rescue operations continue. The injured have been admitted to the JJ Hospital and Habib Hospital, according to officials.
The collapsed building was located near Abdul Rehman Shah Dargah on Tandel street.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that around 15 families are "feared trapped in the collapse".
"The building is around 100 yrs old. The entire focus is on rescuing the people trapped. Investigation will be done," Fadnavis said, news agency ANI reported.
A visit by two relatives of a woman staying in the ill-fated building in Dongri ended on a tragic note as they got trapped under the debris after it collapsed and died, officials told PTI.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced Rs 5 lakh for the next of kin of deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured in the building collapse incident. The Government of Maharashtra will bear all medical expenses of the injured.
Bodies of two minors recovered from under debris at building collapse site. (ANI)
Local MLA Amin Patel will meet Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the afternoon to demand a hefty compensation and speedy rehabilitation for the victims.
The state government, has so far not announced compensation to the victims. (PTI)
An official from the BMC disaster management cell said three more bodies had been recovered early on Wednesday morning and had been sent to a nearby hospital, and awaiting doctors report about them.
"The death toll likely to up further," he said. (PTI)
Mumbai fire brigade chief PS Rahangdale: 6 fire engines, 2 rescue vehicles, among others currently present on the site. Over 100 rescuers present. (CNN News18)
In a statement, Mumbai fire brigade chief P S Rahangdale said two kids -- one aged between six-eight and the other aged about four -- were rescued from under the debris by the fire fighters.
"Both kids were sent to Sir JJ hospital in 108 Ambulance, but they were declared dead," Rahangdale said, adding one fireman was also injured in the line of duty. (PTI)
Sachidanand Gawde, the PRO of the NDRF battalion, said his team members had been told that there were few customers at an eatery situated in the ground floor and no one knew the exact numbers. "So our job is still left to rescue those men," he said.
"It (search and rescue operations) will go on till the last piece of rubble is not removed from the spot," he said. (PTI)
Death toll has risen to 14 in the Kesarbhai building collapse incident in Dongri, which occurred yesterday. Search and rescue operation is still underway. (ANI)
The death toll has risen to 10, with over nine injured. This is a list of the deceased and the injured in the accident. (Image: BMC official)
Mumbai Police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) into the incident.
"We will conduct inquiry to ascertain the causes behind the incident," said Nishith Mishra, Additional Commissioner of Police, south region, who is supervising the search and rescue operations.
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The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) claimed July 16 that the four-storey building in south Mumbai's Dongri area which
collapsed earlier in the day was unauthorised.
At least seven persons have died in the collapse with rescue efforts still underway.
"MHADA's repair and reconstruction board clarified that its cessed property 25/C Kesarbai building is not the one that collapsed this morning," it said in a statement.
"In fact, an unauthorised construction erected behind that building is the one that crashed," said Vaishali Gadpale, chief PRO, MHADA.
The residents of the Kesarbai -- some officials had given its name as Kesarbaug -- building had vacated it in 2018 as it had become dilapidated, MHADA sources said. (PTI)
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Julu16urged party workers to extend all possible support in the relief and rescue operations at the Mumbai building collapse site.
"I pray for the well-being of those trapped in the four-storey residential building that collapsed in Mumbai. My condolences to the bereaved families," Priyanka Gandhi said.
"Congress workers must extend all support possible in the relief and rescue operations. This is the third such incident recently. Why wasn't action taken on time?" she said in a tweet in Hindi. (PTI)
