Mumbai on Monday witnessed rains followed after a storm and gusty winds in the city and its adjoining areas leading to an under-construction metal parking tower to collapse on a road in Wadala area, an official said. Pics/Shadab Khan
Updated On: 2024-05-13 06:54 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), one person was trapped in a vehicle and a rescue operation was underway and there is no report of casualties
The civic body said that the incident occurred at Barkat Ali Naka on the busy Wadala- Antop Hill Road in Mumbai
"Entire metal/steel parking near the Shree Ji tower collapsed on the nearby roadside parked 08 to 10 vehicles, thereby 01 person trapped inside car, rescue operation of said trapped person in progress by MFB," tan official said
A video of the incident went viral on social media platforms. The video shows that a multi-storey metal parking tower coming crashing down on the busy road amid winds
In an another incident, atleast 10 people were injured after shed at a petrol pump in Ghatkopar suddenly collapsed amid dust storm and rains in Mumbai, the BMC said on Monday
The civic body said that a distressing incident took place at the Petrol Pump in Police Ground at the busy Eastern Express Highway in Ghatkopar East, as a shed collapsed
The BMC said that after receiving the information, the civic officials and the Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed to the spot and promptly responded to the incident
