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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

India TV News Desk Published : Sep 27, 2013 8:49 IST, Updated : Sep 29, 2013 15:01 IST




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.







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