Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Expressing grief over the deaths of six, including five children, after a three-storey chawl collapsed amid heavy rains in Mumbai’s eastern suburb Mankhurd, the Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan announced a stringent inquiry will be initiated into all such dangerous and illegal buildings in the city.He said, “The accident that took place in Mankhurd’s Janta Nagar is extremely unfortunate. I travelled directly from Nashik to inspect the site and assess the situat…
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Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Six people — five children and a woman — were killed and one person was injured after two to three houses in a three-storey kutcha chawl collapsed in Janta Nagar, Mankhurd, Mumbai.The incident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. The injured person is undergoing treatment.According to the Mayor’s Office, Mayor Ritu Tawde rushed to Govandi after receiving information about the incident. She visited Govandi Hospital, met the families of the deceased, and offered her cond…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Hours after the death of a passerby, Aslam Shaikh, after falling into a manhole on Khairani Road in Sakinaka (Andheri East), the c (BMC) has placed four key personnel under suspension pending a full inquiry. The suspension includes the Assistant Commissioner of the ‘L’ Ward (Dhanaji Herlekar), along with assistant and junior maintenance engineers and a representative from the Sewerage Operations Department.Further, BMC Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide ordered the immedi…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Taking a serious note of a 45-year-old man falling into manhole on Khairani Road, Sakinaka on Thursday morning, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar said the registration of a culpable homicide offence in this regard should be checked. He directed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner give a detailed report in this regard by evening. The issue was raised by the BJP legislator Amit Satam demanding stern action.Speaker said, “It is …
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) A 60-year-old pedestrian, identified as Aslam Isak Shaikh, accidentally fell into a water drainage channel through an open manhole on Khairani Road in Mumbai’s Sakinaka area on Thursday while repair work on a drainage grill was underway. The Mumbai Fire Brigade was immediately alerted, and after a search operation, his body was recovered. According to a police officer from the Sakinaka Police Station, the body of the man who fell into the drain has been recovered and sent t…
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) At least seven people suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out due to a gas cylinder blast in the Malad area of Mumbai on Tuesday morning, officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) disaster management cell said. The incident occurred at a chawl located at Malvani Gate No. 8, near A.C. Masjid and beside Bharat Mata School in Malad West. According to officials, the incident was reported at around 9.25 a.m. The BMC’s Mumbai Fire Brigade first received …