Mumbai Building Collapse: 7 Dead, Several Injured In Dongri; PM Modi Expresses Anguish

Mumbai Building Collapse LIVE UPDATES: A four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Dongri area with around 40 to 50 people feared trapped under the debris. The fire brigade along with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team rushed to the building collapse site to undertake rescue efforts at the earliest. Many families were present inside the building at the time of the accident. Emergency workers were finding it tough to drill through the rubble as the lanes in the area are narrow and crowded by people.Keep refreshing this page for latest and live updates on Mumbai Building Collapse

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Mumbai: A four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Dongri area with around 40 to 50 people feared trapped under the debris.The fire brigade along with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team rushed to the building collapse site to undertake rescue efforts at the earliest.As per latest reports, details on any injuries or casualties were yet not available.Many families were present inside the building at the time of the accident. Emergency workers were finding it tough to drill through the rubble as the lanes in the area are narrow and crowded by people.Responding to the accident, BMC Disaster Management Cell said, “Kesarbai building has collapsed at Tandel street, in Dongri, Mumbai. More than 40 people are feared trapped.”The area where the tragic incident happened has many old buildings. The Kesarbai building which collapsed was already declared risky and unfit for use.On July 13, a 12-year-old boy died after falling into a water-filled pit, dug for the construction of the Coastal Road, near Worli, a civic official said Saturday. Bablu Kumar Paswan drowned in the pit near Worli Sea Link at 1.20 pm Friday, said an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The ambitious 8-lane Coastal Road will link Marine Lines in south Mumbai with suburban Kandivali in the north.This is a breaking news and more details are awaited

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16/07/2019 19:06:50

Amit Shah says - The collapse of a building in Dongri, Mumbai is very tragic. My condolences with the bereaved families and prayers for early recovery of those injured. Rescue operations are in full swing. State government, NDRF and local authorities are doing their best to assist people in need.

16/07/2019 17:16:00

The name of the ill-fated Kesarbai Building, which crashed on Tuesday killing at least two persons, is mysteriously omitted from a comprehensive list of 499 dangerous buildings prepared by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said a RTI activist. Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board (MBRRB) Chairman Vinod Ghosalkar, however, feared the toll on Tuesday could be at least 12.

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16/07/2019 16:44:30

The name of the ill-fated Kesarbai Building, which crashed on Tuesday killing at least two persons, is mysteriously omitted from a comprehensive list of 499 dangerous buildings prepared by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said a RTI activist. Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board (MBRRB) Chairman Vinod Ghosalkar, however, feared the toll on Tuesday could be at least 12.

16/07/2019 16:43:32

PM Narendra Modi - Collapse of a building in Mumbai’s Dongri is anguishing. My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. I hope the injured recover soon. Maharashtra Government, NDRF and local authorities are working on rescue operations & assisting those in need.

16/07/2019 16:12:14

Mumbai Police says, humble request to citizens to stay away from the site of Kesarbhai building collapse in Dongri, to facilitate effective rescue operations by authorities.

16/07/2019 16:08:10

Mumbai Police: Death toll rises to 3 in the Kesarbhai building collapse in Dongri, today. 8 people have been injured in the incident, so far.

16/07/2019 14:23:14

As per the initial information I have received, around 15 families are feared trapped in the collapse. The building is around 100 yrs old. The entire focus is on rescuing the people trapped. Investigation will be done: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis

16/07/2019 14:04:41

After building collapse in Dongi, the adjacent building has been vacated as it started shaking. Families could be seen running out of the building with their children, in order to save their lives. As per the eye-witness three people have been successfully recused and have been rushed to the hospital.

16/07/2019 13:56:07

A child rescued from the building collapse site in Dongri, he has been admitted to hospital and is stable

16/07/2019 13:50:25

Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force have also been deployed to help rescue those trapped.

16/07/2019 13:50:18

The building was owned by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and its officials reached the site to assess the situation.

16/07/2019 13:50:11

An eyewitness said the building collapse felt like a quake.

16/07/2019 13:50:06

Ambulances could not reach the site and had to be parked around 50 metres away.

16/07/2019 13:49:57

Television visuals showed a young child being rescued and handed over to workers.

16/07/2019 13:49:51

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.

16/07/2019 13:49:23

Fire brigade, Mumbai Police and civic officials rushed to the site but the constricted lanes made it difficult to access the area, reduced to a mass of rubble, twisted concrete and broken wires.

16/07/2019 13:49:10

Some part of the building was left standing after the collapse.

16/07/2019 13:45:26

As many as 12 family are under the debris curently, the local MLA told. He said, 'There are possibilities of many people to be under the debris. My responsibility is to protect people and save them while they are living.'

16/07/2019 13:44:22

The local MLA Amin Patel said the Additional Municipal Commissioner has arrived at the spot. He said as soon as the NDRF team will reach the spot, the relief work will begin.

16/07/2019 13:41:37

Narrow approach roads, huge crowds of onlookers and thickly populated areas hampered rescue operations.

16/07/2019 13:41:27

The Fire Brigade, police and disaster management teams have rushed to the site and launched rescue operations, while the NDRF was expected to reach there shortly.

16/07/2019 13:41:15

The building, which belongs to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority, also housed a catering business on the ground floor.

16/07/2019 13:40:37

A minor has been rescued after a four-storey building collapsed, officials said.

16/07/2019 13:37:46

Two people have died and five have been rescued so far, after a building collapsed in Dongri.

16/07/2019 13:36:59

Chief Public Relation Officers (CPRO), Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC): BMC has opened a shelter at Imamwada Municipal Secondary Girls' School, after a building collapsed in Dongri.

16/07/2019 13:31:12

In the latest update, atleast two people have lost their lives in the disaster.

16/07/2019 13:30:37

A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) also reached the site to help in the rescue work.

16/07/2019 13:30:31

Fire brigade, Mumbai Police and civic officials rushed to the site to carry out the rescue operation.

16/07/2019 13:30:25

Around 40 to 50 occupants of the building are feared trapped under the debris.

16/07/2019 13:30:11

According to preliminary information, the ground-plus-four-storey 'Kesarbai' building, located on Tandel Street in Dongri, crashed around 11.40 am, the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) disaster management cell said.

16/07/2019 13:30:00

A four-storey building collapsed in south Mumbai's Dongri area on Tuesday, a civic official said, fearing that about 40 to 50 people are trapped under the rubble.