BMC has served a notice as structure with 2nd floor of metal sheets was dilapidated
Rescuers at the collapse spot in Govandi. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
The BMC has now taken up the task of vacating premises surrounding the house. Two or three adjoining houses have been emptied and will be demolished as they have been deemed dangerous, too. These people were offered shelter at a municipal school but arranged their own accommodation.
The ground-plus-one residence of the Shaikh family also had a second floor made with metal sheets, which too, came crashing down.
While the rescue operation was still going on at the spot on Friday, sources said that it is unlikely that anyone else would be found under the debris. Assistant Municipal Commissioner Mahendra Ubale of M East ward said, “We had served the dilapidated structure a notice but the family continued to live there. Adjoining houses have been emptied too. We will demolish them as the collapsed structure affected them.”
This is the third house collapse in the city where lives have been lost. Piling on floors on top of brick structures in slums is a common practice in areas such as Bandra East and Malwani.
4.30 AM
Approx. time the house collapsed on Friday
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