A week after the Malad wall collapse, experts and local activists have come out with a report claiming that the faulty construction, delayed rehabilitation and failure of disaster management cell to inform locals about clogged water together led to the mishap. The death toll in the incident went up to 29 on Wednesday with Prathmesh Bane, admitted at KEM hospital, being declared dead on Tuesday night.

Around 12.30 am on July 2, a retaining wall of the BMC's Malad reservoir collapsed on the slums of Pimpripada and Ambedkar Nagar at Kurar, Malad East. The report prepared by independent experts, representing NGOs, highlights the delayed rehabilitation of the locals, pending since 1999.