In an unfortunate incident, a portion of the building collapsed in the Rajawadi Colony of Ghatkopar (East). Some residents were stranded in the building. Police and fire brigade rushed to the spot trying to pull out the people trapped in the debris due to the Ghatkopar building collapse. No injuries have been reported as of now. In a similar incident, three persons were injured when the roof of a restaurant collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane city following heavy rains, civic officials said on Sunday.
25 June,2023 02:41 PM IST
A 10-year-old ground-plus-three-storey building collapsed in a heap around 1pm on Saturday in Vardhman Compound in Valpada village in rural parts of Bhiwandi in Thane. The building housed godowns on the ground and first floor and four families in tenements on the top floor. 22 residents were believed to be trapped in the debris out of which, 10 injured are being treated at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Bhiwandi. Eight people died in the incident. The residents were rescued with the help of the Thane Disaster Response Force personnel National Disaster Response Force personnel. The rescue operation was called off after more than 45 hours of the incident. On Saturday night, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde visited the IGM hospital after visiting the incident site, where he met with the injured. The CM also announced ₹5 lakh assistance to each of the kin of the deceased. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF to the heir of the deceased and the injured would be given Rs. 50,000.
02 May,2023 12:48 PM IST | Mumbai
The Bengaluru metro pillar collapse incident that is becoming the key point of criticism against the BJP, claimed 2 lives on January 10. The under-construction metro pillar collapsed near Nagavara on the outer ring road in Bengaluru. Taking a swipe at the BJP over the ‘40 percent commission’ controversy, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar labeled the incident a result of the same. Congress leader Sowmya Reddy blamed BJP’s negligence and corruption as the culprit behind the accident. Experts have been called to examine and find out the reason behind the collapse, informed police.
11 January,2023 03:46 PM IST
An under-construction Metro pillar collapsed near the Nagawara area of Bengaluru today. The pillar collapsed over a family of four riding on a bike. The woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old son were killed in the incident. The condition of the father and their other child is said to be stable. The iron bars of the pillar had been fixed and were yet to be concretised.
11 January,2023 01:57 PM IST
Maharashtra minister Subhash Desai has said that the family of the deceased will be given Rs 5 lakh each and people injured will get free treatment. The four-storeyed building collapsed in Kurla's Naik Nagar late on Monday night. The injured have been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital
05 July,2022 11:16 AM IST | Mumbai
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A wing of the residential building, located in Kurla's Naik Nagar Society, collapsed around midnight, the official said. The injured people were shifted to civic hospitals in Ghatkopar and Sion. Two men, aged 28 and 30, among those brought to the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, was declared dead on arrival, a civic official told PTI.
05 July,2022 11:09 AM IST | Mumbai
A second building collapsed in the suburbs this week, in a slum in Malvani, Malad. The BMC has claimed the areas are outside their purview as they are on land parcels owned by different agencies. Most of the houses in slums are erected without strong support pillars and walls, endangering the lives of their residents.
12 June,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Six people have died and another five-six are believed to be trapped in the debris of a building that collapsed in Pune this afternoon. A section of the five-storey residential building near Taljai Hill in Pune was under construction. But other apartments had been rented out. Video courtesy: NDTV
24 September,2012 06:54 PM IST
At least 22 people died and 60 others received injuries after an under-construction building collapsed on Thursday in Thane near Mumbai, according to the police. Video courtesy: NDTV
05 April,2013 08:16 AM IST
31 people, including 11 children, were crushed to death in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction on Thursday evening. 50 people have been rescued, but some are still believed trapped in the debris. The seven-storey building collapsed into a mangled heap of steel and concrete more than 20 feet high that rescuers and local residents struggled to cut through. Video courtesy: NDTV
05 April,2013 01:39 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
