Monday morning began with a shock for residents of Popular Terrace in Kastur Park at Borivali West. They had to hurriedly vacate their homes, as parts of the four-storey structure were seen fallen or cracked, due to heavy rain the previous night. The society's committee asked residents to vacate it.

The structure built in 1978 has two wings. There are 15 flats, and seven shops on the ground floor. Residents had been seeing cracks in the walls for some time following which discussions had begun about repairs or re-development. In fact, a meeting was held with a couple of builders on Sunday. But the damage overnight changed everything. When some shopkeepers arrived to open their shops, not only did they see a huge crack on a wall of B wing, a part of the fence had also fallen. Inside the shops parts of the ceiling had collapsed and some walls were cracked. The flooring had also come out.