India
11 dead, including 8 children, as building collapses in Mumbai’s Malad
Seven others were seriously injured in the house collapse in the Malwani area of Malad West in Mumbai. Fifteen people have been rescued from debris.
The collapsed structure is located inside New Collector’s compound in Malad West. News agency ANI quoted BMC officials as saying that the collapse engulfed another residential structure close by
Eleven people died, and seven were injured, when a portion of a ground floor + 3 storey-residential structure fell on an adjoining ground floor+1 structure in Mumbai’s Malad area late on Wednesday night. The dead include eight children. The Maharashtra government has announced an ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.
The city was hit by heavy monsoon rains all of Wednesday and the officials said the incident occurred at 11.52pm.
The collapsed structure is located inside New Collector’s compound in Malad West. BMC disaster management cell said all 11 deceased have been identified.
