Skip to content
Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Primary Menu Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us
  • Featured

60 Survivors Rescued From Collapsed Maharashtra Building

Aug 25, 2020 | Pratirodh Bureau

FILE PHOTO: Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a five-story building collapsed in Mahad in the Raigad district of Maharashtra on August 25, 2020

Distressed families shouted names of relatives trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in western India on Tuesday, hoping to receive a response as rescue workers accelerated efforts to pull out dozens of survivors.

At least two people were killed and 18 injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Mahad, an industrial town near India’s financial capital Mumbai on Monday.

More than 90 people were trapped under the debris, with 60 now being rescued.

The building, which comprised 47 flats, fell almost like a pack of cards, said a police official at the disaster site, adding that legal action was initiated against the builder.

Local residents and police combed through tin sheets, metal rods and other wreckage in a desperate search for survivors, as ambulances rushed the injured to nearby hospitals amid heavy monsoon rains and fears of Covid-19 infections.

Shabana Lora, a female survivor who stood at the disaster site with her family, said she managed to run out of the building with her three daughters when it started shaking.

“We had just fled a few metres from the building and we heard a loud noise. Then there was smoke everywhere, the building was collapsed in a few seconds after we ran out,” she said.

Other survivors said at least 18 people were yet to be found below the concrete and brick rubble of the residential building that housed roughly 200 residents of Mahad, situated about 165 km south of Mumbai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in a tweet said he was saddened by the incident and prayed for the injured to recover.

The cause of the accident was not clear, but building collapses are common in India, usually due to shoddy construction, substandard materials and a disregard of regulations.

Every year, heavy downpours bring down rain-sodden small and large structures deemed too dangerous to live in.

More than 1,200 people were killed in 1,161 building collapses across India in 2017, according to latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau.

Tags: building collapse, Mahad building collapse, Maharashtra, National Crime Records Bureau, Pratirodh

Continue Reading

Previous Sonia Gandhi Offers To Resign After Dissent Letter
Next More Than 60,000 Covid-19 Cases For 7th Straight Day

More Stories

  • Featured

Bioinvasions Are Global Threat To Ecosystems

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

RSS Declares An Intensified Campaign Against ‘Love Jihad’, Conversion

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

To Protect Our Oceans, We Must Map Them

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • Bioinvasions Are Global Threat To Ecosystems
  • RSS Declares An Intensified Campaign Against ‘Love Jihad’, Conversion
  • To Protect Our Oceans, We Must Map Them
  • Why The World Needs Carbon Removal To Limit Global Heating To 2℃
  • Environment: How Bats Are Being Nudged Out Of The Shadows
  • “Why Is The PM Afraid Of A Caste Census?”
  • The Fraught History Of India And The Khalistan Movement
  • Flood Damage Highlights ‘Uncontrolled’ Sand Mining In North India
  • ‘Bidhuri Made Mockery Of PM’s Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas Remarks’
  • Why This Indian State Has A Policy To Prioritise Pedestrians
  • The Reasons Why Humans Cannot Trust AI
  • Is Pursuing The ‘Liberal Arts’ A Luxury Today?
  • The Curious Case Of The Killings In Canada
  • Shocking! Excavating Farmlands For Highways
  • Health Must Be Fast-Tracked For 2030
  • What Are ‘Planetary Boundaries’ & Why Should We Care?
  • Ramesh Reminds Shah Of Gujarat’s ‘Reality’
  • Why Are Intense Storms, Erratic Rainfall Events More Frequent Now?
  • Coal-fired Contradictions: Why Climate Action Needs A Circuit Breaker
  • Solar-Powered Looms Boost Income And Safety For Silk Weavers

Search

Main Links

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us

Related Stroy

  • Featured

Bioinvasions Are Global Threat To Ecosystems

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

RSS Declares An Intensified Campaign Against ‘Love Jihad’, Conversion

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

To Protect Our Oceans, We Must Map Them

2 days ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Why The World Needs Carbon Removal To Limit Global Heating To 2℃

2 days ago Shalini
  • Featured

Environment: How Bats Are Being Nudged Out Of The Shadows

3 days ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • Bioinvasions Are Global Threat To Ecosystems
  • RSS Declares An Intensified Campaign Against ‘Love Jihad’, Conversion
  • To Protect Our Oceans, We Must Map Them
  • Why The World Needs Carbon Removal To Limit Global Heating To 2℃
  • Environment: How Bats Are Being Nudged Out Of The Shadows
Copyright © All rights reserved. | CoverNews by AF themes.