NewsIndiaMumbai building collapse: rescue operation over, death toll goes up to 61
Mumbai building collapse: rescue operation over, death toll goes up to 61
Mumbai: Exactly 48 hours after the collapse of an old BMC building near Mazgaon dockyard, rescue operation was declared over on early Sunday morning with the death toll going up to 61. Thirty one injured
Cranes and other heavy machinery were pressed into service to lift large slabs of concrete and mangled steel.
Around 21 families of BMC's tenants lived in the 30-year-old structure categorised as a C-2 building which was in need of urgent repairs.
