Seven people were rescued alive after nearly six hours of operations following the collapse of a garbage mound at the Moshi dumping ground in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Wednesday. The rain-triggered collapse buried the administrative building of a Waste-to-Energy project, with rescue operations continuing into the evening.

The incident occurred around 1.30 pm when a huge section of the old landfill crashed onto the three-storey building adjacent to the dump. Nearly 20 people were inside the building at the time. A rescue operation was immediately launched by teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Army, Pimpri-Chinchwad fire department, police, ambulances, and other emergency agencies.