Maharashtra: 3-storey building collapses in Navi Mumbai's Shahbaz village; 2 rescued, 2 feared trapped:

S Venkateshwari
Maharashtra: 3-storey building collapses in Navi Mumbai's Shahbaz village; 2 rescued, 2 feared trapped:


The Navi mumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner said the building collapsed around 5am. Police, fire brigade and NDRF are present at the spot.At least two persons are feared trapped under the rubble after a three-storey building collapsed in Navi Mumbai's Shahbaz village on saturday morning. Police, fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force team are present at the spot and carrying out the rescue operation.

Kailas Shinde, Navi mumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner, said the building collapsed around 5am. "This a G+3 building. The Shahbaz village villages falls under Belapur ward. There were 13 flats in the building. Two persons have been rescued and two are likely trapped. NDRF teams are at the spot. A rescue operation is underway," Kailas Shinde told reporters.

Kailas Shinde added that that the two persons who were rescued have been admitted to a hospital and their condition said to be stable.
"It is a 10-year-old building. Investigation is on. Action will be taken against the owner of the building," said the Navi mumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner.
The incident comes a week after an 80-year-old woman was killed, and four others sustained injuries after a portion of a balcony of a four-storey residential building in south mumbai came crashing down

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