7 to 8 houses collapsed in Indira Nagar slum in Vile Parle area of Mumbai. Keeping in mind the dangers, these houses were already evacuated. Fire brigade team is present at the spot.
Relief rescue work is going on. (Indicative photo)
8 houses collapsed in Mumbai’s Vile Parle area Huh. This accident happened at 9 pm on Sunday (25 September). Eight houses collapsed one after the other in the Indiranagar slum of Vile Parle area. In the slum of Indiranagar-2 This accident has happened. As soon as the information about the accident was received, the fire brigade team of Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reached the spot. The area where this accident happened is near Mithibai College located in Vileparle West. All these collapsed houses were present in the slum of Indiranagar-2. These houses were built over the drain.
According to the information given by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, these houses were already evacuated in view of the risk. That’s why no one was living in these houses at the moment. The collapse of these houses started at around 9 o’clock in the night and within a short time eight houses collapsed into a pile of rubble. As soon as the people of the neighborhood came to know about it, they immediately informed the fire brigade.
Work on the construction of metro road, damage to these houses due to sliding of soil
As soon as the information was received, the team of the municipal officer and the fire brigade entered the spot. The police reached here after them. Rescue work is started. The work of building a metro road is starting nearby. Due to this work, soil harvesting has started from below. This has weakened the foundation of the adjoining houses. Local people say that because of this these houses were getting weak and eventually they also collapsed. Local people say that there is a danger of collapse of more houses built on top of the drain and adjacent to it.
The people living here before this were lucky that the municipality had got these houses vacated. Otherwise, no one leaves his house and goes a little. If those people were living in these houses, then this accident could have turned into a very big accident. Nevertheless, those affected by it have been accommodated in a nearby hall. Arrangements have been made for their stay in this hall.
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