Mumbai Building Collapse

Eight rescued as 2-storey building collapses in Mumbai

According to hospital officials, the victims are safe and have sustained only minor injuries on their hands and back.

Maharashtra govt rolls out policy to push redevelopment of unsafe suburb buildings

A developer will be able to avail an incentive buildable area equivalent to 50 per cent of the floor space used for rehabilitation of existing tenants.

Mumbai building collapse: 10 fire engines, 70 fire personnel, 16 dumpers still carrying operations at accident site

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakh for the kin of those who died in Bhendi Bazaar building collapse

Cessed buildings’ residents live in fear: ‘Repairs stuck due to MHADA, developers’

Many residents complained that MHADA had been sitting on their repair proposals for years, while in some cases developers had refused to carry out repairs.

On Eid, a pall of gloom over Bhendi Bazar

The dominant feeling among local residents whose buildings are part of the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust’s (SBUT) cluster redevelopment project is to avoid a fate which the residents of Husaini building on Pakmodia Street suffered when it came crashing down on Thursday morning.

Bhendi Bazaar building collapse: Eight of a family, two labourers found dead

60-year-old survivor of Lightwala family, which lost eight members, not told of relatives’ death yet

Pulled from debris, survivors recount horror

Over the next two hours, the 35-year-old scrambled in the dark calling out the names of four other labourers who were right beside him when the building collapsed. “I moved in the dark, stretching my hands but could not find them,” he says.

Bhendi Bazaar building collapse: Death toll touches 33, rescue operations called off

Even as the Dawoodi Bohra community celebrated Bakri Eid on Friday, relatives of the deceased in the building collapse prepared for their burial at the Nariyalwadi cemetery in Mazgaon.

Get dilapidated buildings vacated, push repair projects: Govt to MHADA

Ravindra Waikar, minister of state for housing, convened a meeting about the dilapidated cessed buildings. He instructed officials that these buildings be vacated and the residents moved to 1,528 transit accommodation provided by the MHADA.

Mumbai building collapse: Bhendi Bazaar accident leaves 24 dead, CM Devendra Fadnavis assures strict action

The accident that has been categorised as a level III emergency by the fire brigade, witnessed teams of the NDRF and the Fire Brigade at the spot engaged in rescue operations.

7 killed, 4 hurt in Mumbai building collapse

Seven fire engines, two ambulances and a team of NDRF have been rushed to the spot.

10 Dead, several Injured After Building Collapses In Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai