The death toll at the site of the Bhiwandi building collapse rose to twenty on Tuesday morning, twenty-eight hours after the incident. Rescue operations by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Thane’s Bhiwandi disaster cell continue.
Eight of the dead are children between the ages of two and fourteen. According to officials from the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC), between twenty and twenty-five people are still trapped within the rubble.
“According to the details required by the locals, at least 20-25 people are still trapped within the rubble. We also learned that some workers slept on the ground floor, which is powered by an electric loom, ”said Milind Palsule, BNCMC’s public relations officer.
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The 36-year-old land plus the three-story Jilani building, located in the Patel complex in Dhamankar naka, Bhiwandi in the Maharashtra Thane district, collapsed on Monday morning at 3.30am. Around 62 residents were frightened trapped in the rubble at the time of the accident. The third floor of the building collapsed onto the first floor.
The injured are rushed to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGM) in Bhiwandi.
Ashish Kumar, the NDRF deputy commander who is leading the rescue operation, which involves more than 100 rescue personnel, said that more and more bodies are now being pulled from under the rubble.
Rescue operations were halted for 30 minutes Tuesday morning as the team had to handle and balance the collapsed third-floor slab.
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“Those who are removed from the rubble are mostly dead now, as their chances of surviving within the rubble are less. We are working in shifts and trying to get them out, ”Kumar said.
He added: “The locals are also helping us in the rescue operation. Yesterday, we had relayed a message to the survivors to move forward with the details of other residents living in the building so that we can have an adequate number of how many people could still be trapped. ”
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