The Thane district disaster management cell received the call at around 2:55 pm that the slab of the four-storied building crashed, said Yasin Tadvi, a senior official coordinating the emergency response
Four people are feared trapped in the debris at the Saptashrungi Building in the Mangalaragho Nagar area in Kalyan East, officials said. Representational Pic/File
Four people, including a child, were killed and several others sustained injured after a slab of one of the four floors of a residential building collapsed on Tuesday afternoon in Kalyan city Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said, reported the PTI.
A Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation official confirmed the death toll.
"A relief and rescue operation involving teams of Fire Brigade and Disaster Response Force is going on in full swing at the spot," the official said.
Kalyan Tehsildar Sachin Shejal told PTI that one person might still be trapped under the debris.
Officials said a slab from the second floor of the building collapsed, trapping some residents.
One person was killed, and five others have sustained injuries, and efforts are on to rescue others, they said.
"The Thane district disaster management cell received the call at around 2:55 pm that the slab of the four-storied building crashed," said Yasin Tadvi, a senior official coordinating the emergency response, according to the PTI.
He said that the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) has been called to assist in the operation.
Woman killed in wall collapse, opposition tears into Congress over city infra
Meanwhile, a 35-year-old woman was killed in a wall collapse on Monday in this city being battered by heavy downpour, even as the opposition BJP targeted the Congress government over the city's infrastructure in the wake of the rains and resultant civic issues, reported the PTI.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the woes faced by the IT capital during rains was not new, but that the government was now working to fix them with a long-term solution, the news agency reported.
The city received about 104 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours, inundating many low-lying areas and leading to traffic pile-up, prompting the BJP to launch a scathing attack on the ruling Congress.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA of Malleswaram, CN Ashwath Narayan criticised Shivakumar, saying, "Crores spent. Zero results."
Taking to 'X' he said: "Last night's rains didn't expose Bengaluru's infrastructure they exposed @DKShivakumar's track record of the last two years of doing nothing."
Karnataka BJP General Secretary and MLA of Karkala, Sunil Kumar Karkala hallenged the government on 'X' to release a white paper on how much has actually been spent on Bengaluru's infrastructure in the last two years.
"Visit Silk Board once you'll see your real contribution," he said.
(with PTI inputs)
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