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.
Visit to relative proves fatal for 2 siblings
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.
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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.
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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)
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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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Collapsed building was unauthorised construction, says MHADA
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)
Priyanka Gandhi asks Congress workers to help in relief and rescue operations
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)
Rescuers carry out a survivor from the site of a building that collapsed in Dongri, Mumbai asseveral people arefeared trapped in the rubble. (Image: AP)
Mumbai building crash: Congestion, crowds add chaos to rescue
The site of the building crash in south Mumbai's congestedDongriarea was crowded and chaotic as hundreds of onlookers created hurdles in the rescue
operations even asNDRFand civic personnel attacked the rubble with bare hands to reach survivors.
The narrow road leading to the ill-fatedfour-storeyedbuilding meant National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF)jawanscould notget earth-moving equipment near the rubble, leaving them withno option but to carry out the search-and-rescue operationmanually.
The rescue work is expected to get prolonged becauseof this, aNDRFofficial at the site said.
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The death toll has now risen to seven, with eight injured. This is a list of the deceased and injured. (Image: BMC official)
Mumbai building collapse live update:
Death toll rises to 7.Eightpeople have been injured in the incident, so far.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Mumbai building collapse:
The collapse of a building in Dongri, Mumbai is very tragic. My condolences with the bereaved families and prayers for early recovery of those injured. Rescue operations are in full swing. State government, NDRF and local authorities are doing their best to assist people in need.
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Fivepeople have died while eight have been injured. The injured have been admitted to JJ Hospital and Habib hospital, a BMC Disaster Management official told Moneycontrol.
'Entire attention on rescue operation', says BMC Commissioner
Praveen Pardeshi, BMC Commissioner on Mumbai building collapse: Currently, our entire attention is on rescue operation. Seven people have been rescued from under the debris, there is a possibility that there are more people inside.
Capt. Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab:
Deeply anguished to learn of the Mumbai building collapse. My condolences to the families of the victims andprayers for the early rescue and well-being of those stuck under the debris.
Milind Deora, Congress, on Mumbai building collapse:
This is unfortunately something that happens in Mumbai every year during monsoon. You'll see walls collapse, there are pot holes on roads where people die, young boys fall into manholes. Mumbaikars must ask what the govt is doing (ANI).
List of deceased and injured in the Mumbai building collapse today. (Image: BMC official)
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3 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are currentlyengaged in rescue operations at the site, reports suggest.
Confusion prevails over ownership of collapsed building
Confusion prevailed over the ownership of the 'Kausarbaug' building, believed to be 100 years old, which crumbled Tuesday morning in Dongri area of south Mumbai, killing 12 persons and trapping several others.
Part of the building, located in a congested lane in Tandel Street in the densely-populated locality, collapsed around 11.40 am, according to the disaster management cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot:
Distressing to learn of the loss of several lives in Mumbai's Dongriarea when a building collapsed. My thoughts and prayers are with the families. Wish and pray all those trapped are rescued safely.
SN Pradhan, DG National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Mumbai building collapse:
Three teams of NDRF are engaged in rescue operations, the pathway to the collapsed building is very narrow and the vehicles with rescue equipment are unable to reach there, team is carrying equipment on foot. (ANI)
Fire Brigade and NDRF personnel carry out rescue works after the collapse of the four-storey Kesarbai building at Dongri. Around 40 to 50 occupants of the building are feared trapped under the debris as per a BMC official.
(Image: PTI)
Around 15 families were residing in the building, which as per the preliminary information, is 100-year-old.
Narrow lanes hamper rescue work at Mumbai building collapse site
The narrow lanes of Dongri area in south Mumbai where a building collapsed on Tuesday posed a major challenge for rescuers to approach the accident spot.
Some residents of Dongri, one of the most densely populated areas having several high-rise buildings, told PTI that had the JCB machines been able to reach the accident spot, more lives could have been saved.
Aaditya Thackeray, President of Yuva Sena, the youth wing of ruling Shiv Sena, on Mumbai building collapse:
The Dongri building collapse is really unfortunate. I have been in touch with Mayor & MC, relief work is on. Prayers for people trapped in the debris. I sincerely request residents of the building tht are declared dilapidated by @mybmc to please evacuate, not risk their lives.
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News18 has reported that the claims to ownership of the Kesarbai building were conflicted. Vinod Ghosalkar, chief of the repair board of MHADA, said that the building did not belong to the housing body even as officials from MHADA reached the site to assess the situation. The BMC released a letter written in 2017 that clearly asked the residents to vacate and also issued a notice to MHADA.
BMC, in a letter dated 7 August 2017 on Kesarbhai building that collapsed in Dongri, today:
Building is classified as 'C1', to be evacuated for demolition at the earliest...In event of any mishap this office won't be responsible. (ANI)
SN Pradhan, DG, NDRF on Mumbai building collapse:
We are trying to get more machinery... only problem is its like one roof over another, 15 people are stillt rapped (News18)
Meanwhile, Vinod Ghosalkar, chief of the repair board of MHADA, said the building did not belong to the housing body
as mentioned by a few locals and a legislator. (PTI)
Scores of locals joined in the effort, forming a human chain to help in removing the debris brick by brick and picking up slabs of concrete to locate those buried.
12 killed in Mumbai building collapse: Maharashtra minister
Twelve persons were killed after a four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai's congested Dongri area today, a Maharashtra minister said.
Twelve people were killed after the 'Kesarbaug' building, located in a bustling narrow lane in Tandel Street of Dongri area of south Mumbai, crashed, housing minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said.
About 40 to 50 people are feared trapped under the debris, civic officials said. (PTI)
Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve and DCP, Zone 1, Abhishek Trimukhehave arrived at the site.
"If the developer has delayed re-development of the collapsed building, then he will face action. If some MHADA officials are responsible for the delay in its development, then they will also face strict action," MHADA Chairman Uday Samant to news agency PTI.
State Housing Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said his government's priority was to save lives of the people trapped under the collapsed building's debris. (PTI)
As per the initial information I have received, around 15 families are feared trapped in the collapse. The building is around 100 years old. The entire focus is on rescuing the people trapped. Investigation will be done, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis told reporterson Dongri building collapse.
Will take action against those responsible for lapses: MHADA
The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), which had given the building that collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday to a private builder for re-development, said action would be taken against those responsible for any lacunae.
MHADA Chairman Uday Samant said the building, located in Dongri area, was under their jurisdiction but given to a
private builder for re-development. (PTI)
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.
A four-storey building in Mumbai's Dongri area collapsed today. More than 40 people, including children, are feared trapped under the debris. Rescue workers and NDRF teams have been rushed to the spot.
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