The death toll in the wall collapse incident that took place on late Monday night around 12.30 am at Ambedkar Nagar and Pimpripada at Kurar Village, Malad East increases to 23 as one more person was removed from the debris on Tuesday morning who was declared dead by Traas care hospital at Jogeshwari east. The deceased was identified as Pappu Shah (38).

The search operations at the site still continue. The fire brigade and the NDRF teams had a tough time to carry out operations on late Monday night after they reached the spot post 2.00 am to carry out the rescue. It was severely affected owing to lack of electricity during the night and heavy rainfall on Monday night, whereas Tuesday night operations were performed in floodlights placed by the ward office.