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Thane Police arrests Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati for threatening builder to leave housing project
• 5 years agoAn aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim arrested by Mumbai police earlier in an extortion case has been held by police in neighbouring Thane for allegedly threatening a builder to leave a housing project.
Labourer dead, 2 injured after dilapidated building collapses during demolition in Mumbai's Masjid Bunder area
• 6 years agoA labourer died when a building under the jurisdiction of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority collapsed during demolition
Mumbai Fire Brigade receives one building collapse call almost each day: Poor maintenance, city planning are some reasons why
Indiaspend • 6 years agoMumbai is home to more than 130 skyscrapers. Some of these range from 100 metres (30-storeys) to over 250 metres (70 storeys), while the fire brigade's ladders range from 25-90 m only – sufficient only to reach up to under 30 floors.
Building collapse in Mumbai's Dongri: MHADA initiates process to raze remaining portion of dilapidated structure
• 6 years agoMHADA had already said that the structure that collapsed on Tuesday was an illegal extension of Kesarbai building located on Tandel Street in Dongri.
Mumbai building collapse kills 14: Residents in maximum city prefer staying on in dilapidated buildings, here's why
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe 16 July disaster in Mumbai's Dongri area that left 14 dead, came 709 days after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on 7 August 2017 identified the Kesarbai building as a 'dangerous structure' that needed to be 'vacated and demolished'. Last year, the BMC identified 619 buildings that are dangerous to live in.
Collapse of Kesarbai Building in Dongri: 499 Mumbai structures on same high-risk list as one that collapsed
Indiaspend • 6 years agoWith more than 40 people feared trapped in the collapse of a three-storeyed building in the Dongri area in south Mumbai on 16 July, 2019 — and 499 buildings in the city identified as similarly vulnerable — an IndiaSpend analysis of municipal data reveals that the fire- and disaster-management budget for India’s financial capital declined 38 percent over three years to 2020.
Mumbai Dongri building collapse: Toll rises to 14 as rescue operations continue; number of casualties likely to rise, say BMC officials
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe death toll in a building collapse in south Mumbai's congested Dongri locality has risen to 14, the NDRF said on Wednesday, even as rescue and search operation from the rubble was still on
Mumbai Dongri Building Collapse updates: Toll rises to seven, reports ANI; MHADA says structure doesn't come under its purview
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMumbai Dongri Building Collapse LIVE updates: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has put out a statement saying that the collapsed building in Dongri did not come in its purview.
Three dead, six injured after under-construction building collapses near Azad Maidan in Mumbai's Goregaon area
• 6 years agoAt least, three people were killed and six others sustained injuries after an under-construction building near Azad Maidan in Mumbai's Goregaon collapsed on Sunday.
Maharashtra BJP leader Madhu Chavan booked for rape; case registered on directions of local court
• 6 years agoAccording to the complainant, Chavan allegedly assaulted her repeatedly between 2002 and 2017 on false promises, he said.