The devastating incident has happened on Saturday when some parts of an old building collapsed, leaving one dead and several feared injured. The rescue operation is underway to take out injured from the debris.
Courtesy: X/Rajesh Jhanwar
A woman has been killed after the balcony and some parts of the Ground floor of Rubinissa Manzil building near Grant Road Railway Station in Mumbai collapsed on Saturday. According to the sources, few residents are feared trapped below the debris. Soon after the incident was reported, the fire officials, ambulances, police & local BMC officials reached the site and started the rescue operations. As per fire officials, 13 people have been rescued so far.
CCTV visuals from the vicinity of a nearby shop show the exact visuals of the structure collapse. While the portion of the building collapsed, some other parts of the building were seen hanging precariously.
building collapses
In front of the grant road west station building. pic.twitter.com/8nYi8Agi5D— Rajesh Jhanwar (@RajeshJhanwar8) July 20, 2024
According to officials, the incident happened due to heavy rains in Mumbai. Meanwhile, rescue operations to take out the people from the debris are underway.
Building collapsed at grant road station west Mumbai the operation team doing their best to save lives hats off to @MumbaiPolice pic.twitter.com/uzA20jRGR6
— sushant sawant (@BlivGamer1) July 20, 2024
IMD's red alert in Mumbai
The incessant rain spells have majorly affected the bus and railway services in Mumbai, resulting in the slowing down of public transport. Apart from this, the mainline of the Central Railway also got delayed due to technical glitch in the train engine.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued a warning for the heavy rains in the region.
Rainfall Warning: Madhya Maharashtra on 20th July 2024
Rainfall Alert: 20 July 2024 in Madhya Maharashtra : #weatherupdate #rainfallwarning #Maharashtra@moesgoi @ndmaindia @DDNational @airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/933m0XZTHk
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) July 20, 2024
