Ninjahedge
July 19th, 2007, 01:24 PM
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070019424&ch=7/19/2007%205:21:00%20PM
Miloni Bhatt
Thursday, July 19, 2007 (Mumbai)
Rescue operations are nearing an end to rescue the few remaining people trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed last evening in Mumbai.
At least 29 people have been killed and unfortunately that number is expected to go up, while at least two-three people are still believed to be trapped under the rubble of the Lakshmi Chaya Apartments.
Eight people were pulled out of the rubble on Thursday. Only one of the eight, a 65-year-old woman was alive.
Eleven people are in hospital. Four of them are said to be in a serious condition.
Unauthorized construction
Meanwhile, angry residents have alleged that the building was weakened because of illegal constructions on the ground floor. The floor had included a restaurant, a few jewelry stores and a medical clinic.
There were about four to five flats on each floor of the building, which is over 25-years-old.
According to reports, jewellery shopowner Sanjiv Hastimal Jain in the course of renovating his shop had removed a pillar from the building.
This may have weakened the structure and hastened the collapse, and consequently, Sanjiv, whose parents also died in the collapse, may end up facing arrest.
I have also heard word of poor quality concrete....
Miloni Bhatt
Thursday, July 19, 2007 (Mumbai)
Rescue operations are nearing an end to rescue the few remaining people trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed last evening in Mumbai.
At least 29 people have been killed and unfortunately that number is expected to go up, while at least two-three people are still believed to be trapped under the rubble of the Lakshmi Chaya Apartments.
Eight people were pulled out of the rubble on Thursday. Only one of the eight, a 65-year-old woman was alive.
Eleven people are in hospital. Four of them are said to be in a serious condition.
Unauthorized construction
Meanwhile, angry residents have alleged that the building was weakened because of illegal constructions on the ground floor. The floor had included a restaurant, a few jewelry stores and a medical clinic.
There were about four to five flats on each floor of the building, which is over 25-years-old.
According to reports, jewellery shopowner Sanjiv Hastimal Jain in the course of renovating his shop had removed a pillar from the building.
This may have weakened the structure and hastened the collapse, and consequently, Sanjiv, whose parents also died in the collapse, may end up facing arrest.
I have also heard word of poor quality concrete....