Around 2.15 pm on Tuesday, the authorities received information that a portion of a slab of a building at Shri Saptashrungi Cooperative Housing Society, behind Shiv Sena Office, on Chiknipada Tisgaon Road in Kalyan (East) had collapsed
The fourth-floor slab had collapsed and fallen on the ground floor in Shri Saptashrungi Cooperative Housing Society.
The death toll in Tuesday's Kalyan building roof collapse incident has surged to six, authorities informed. A two-year-old is among one of the victims in the incident.
“Around 2.15 pm, we received information that a portion of a slab of a building at Shri Saptashrungi Cooperative Housing Society, behind Shiv Sena Office, on Chiknipada Tisgaon Road in Kalyan (East) had collapsed. When we went with our staff to inspect the building, we found that the slab on the fourth floor had fallen on the ground floor, resulting in the death of six people and four injuries,” an official said.
The victims have been identified as two-year-old Namaswi Shrikant Shelar; Pramila Kalcharan Sahu (56); Neelanchal Sahu (38); Sushila Narayan Gujar (78); Venkat Bhima Chavan, 42, and 38-year-old Sujata Manoj Wadi.
Two four-year-old's, Vinayak Manoj Padhi and Sharvil Shrikant Shelar, who have been injured in the Kalyan roof collapse incident are undergoing treatment in Ashirwad Hospital. The other injured — Nikhil Chandrashekhar Kharat (26), has been admitted to Chaitanya Hospital, while Aruna Veer Narayan is undergoing treatment in Amey Hospital.
The Kalyan Municipal Corporation's Fire Fighting Team and disaster management force team were engaged in the rescue operations.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the victims.
"My humble tributes to the victims. We stand strongly with the families in these difficult times. The rescue operations at the site has been completed, and the Municipal Commissioner was personally present at the location. The injured are currently undergoing treatment in hospital. The district administration is closely monitoring the situation, and the condition of the injured is stable. I pray for their speedy recovery. The families of the victims will receive financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh from the state government," Fadnavis said in a social media post.
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