Mumbai building collapse: At least 12 dead as rescue efforts continue

At least 12 people, including eight children, were killed and seven others injured after two floors of a three-storey residential building collapsed on an adjoining single-storey house in Malwani in suburban Mumbai when Mumbai experienced heavy rains throughout the day. The Maharashtra government announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the kin of those who lost their lives in the house collapse at Malwani, while the Centre will give an additional Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to them. (Image Credit: AFP Photos)

At least 12 people, including eight children, were killed and seven others injured after two floors of a three-storey residential building collapsed on an adjoining single-storey house in Malwani in suburban Mumbai.

Nine members of a family were among the deceased in the first incident which took place around 11.15 pm on Wednesday, when Mumbai experienced heavy rains throughout the day, at the New Collector Compound on Abdul Hamid Road in the Malwani area of suburban Malad, the officials said.

The ill-fated building was constructed illegally and had suffered damage in cyclone Tauktae, which passed close to the Mumbai coast last month, police said, adding that its contractor had been arrested on culpable homicide charge.

The Maharashtra government announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the kin of those who lost their lives in the house collapse at Malwani, while the Centre will give an additional Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to them.

Eight children and four adults, including a 60-year-old man, died, he said, adding that most of the deceased were from two families.

Civic authorities and rescue personnel search for survivors in the debris of a building that collapsed following heavy monsoon rains, in Mumbai.