Mumbai bldg collapse toll rises to 12

July 16, 2019 15:05

The death toll in the building collapse in Mumbai stands at 12. A four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai's congested Dongri area Tuesday with 40 to 50 people feared trapped under the debris, civic officials said. The 'Kesarbaug' building, located in a bustling narrow lane in Tandel Street of Dongri area of south Mumbai, crashed this morning, housing minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said.

Scores of locals joined in the effort, forming a human chain to help in removing the debris brick by brick and picking up slabs of concrete to locate those buried. Meanwhile, Vinod Ghosalkar, chief of the repair board

of MHADA, said the building did not belong to the housing body

as mentioned by a few locals and a legislator.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a probe in the incident.

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