6, Including 4 Women, Killed After Chawl Collapses In Mumbai Amid Heavy Rain
Heavy monsoon rain triggered the collapse of two to three tenements, and six people were killed as rescue teams searched for one missing person.
- On Sunday, a ground-plus-three-storey chawl partially collapsed in Mankhurd's Janata Nagar area of Mumbai at 8.30 p.m., killing six people, including five children, according to the BMC.
- Heavy rains triggered the collapse, marking the latest casualty amid severe weather disrupting the city; some regions received as much as 161mm of rain.
- Victims included a 32-year-old woman and four children aged two to 14, treated at Rajawadi Hospital and Shatabdi Hospital; a seven-year-old boy died during treatment.
- Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, and BMC Ward Staff conducted immediate rescue operations at the collapse site, and the city shut all schools and colleges for Monday, July 6.
- Red Alerts are issued for Raigad, Nashik, Pune, and the Satara ghat region due to heavy rainfall forecasts, while local media report that tree collapses have killed at least three people since late last month.
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