Mumbai (Maharashtra): A retired school teacher was killed when a portion of a 4-storied building crashed in south Mumbai's congested Dongri area, BMC Disaster Control said on Wednesday.
Mumtaz Sudhanwala, 65, a former school teacher who lived alone, died due to suffocation after being trapped several hours in rubble.
The building, Razak Chamber B-Block, was an MHADA cessed building and the fire brigade said that orders were given to vacate it owing to its rickety condition.
After some residents felt the building shake late on Tuesday, many of them had vacated it as a precautionary measure, except Sudhanwala who did not move out.
Local MLA Amin Patel and MP Arvind Sawant, along with senior officials from the BMC B-Ward were present at the site to supervise the rescue and relief operations.
In a similar incident on Tuesday night, a four-storey building collapsed in Nalasopara's Achole area in Palghar district. The entire building was evacuated and no injuries were reported from the incident.
"There were five families with 25 people in the building. The moment we saw the construction material falling off from the walls, we immediately started the evacuation and saved lives," a local named Rajesh Tiwari had said.
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(ANI report)
