Thane building collapse: toll rises to 52, Delhi on shaky ground too

The death toll in the building collapse in Thane rose to 52 and the number of the injured increased to 60 on Friday as more bodies were recovered from the site. HT reports. Police, civic officials suspended, probe ordered | Building came up in 7 months flat

The death toll in the building collapse in Shil Phata area of Thane rose to 52 and the number of the injured increased to 60 on Friday as more bodies were recovered from the site.

Rescue-workers-carry-a-child-who-survived-the-building-collapse-in-Thane-Reuters

The seven-storey building collapsed on Thursday evening. Thane municipal officials said there could be more bodies buried under the debris even as rescue work continued late on Friday.

New Delhi is also not new to such accidents and has several colonies with structural defects, making them more vulnerable to damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters. One of the worst building collapses in the city was in November 2011 in east Delhi’s Lalita Park, where 71 people died and more than 100 were injured.

Among the dead in Thane was Shakila Siddhique, a pregnant woman. “We didn’t realise when the building sank,” said Shakila’s husband Imran.

Rescue workers look for trapped people after a residential building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai. AP

Rescue workers carry a woman who survived from a collapsed residential building in Thane, on the outskirts of Mumbai. Reuters