

Updated On: 21 July, 2024 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
The second and third floors of the MHADA building collapsed partially after two days of incessant rain; the housing authority said it had warned residents to move out

Thirteen residents were trapped on the fourth floor of Sleater Road’s Rubinissa Manzil, where the front-facing balconies and slabs of the upper two storeys had partially collapsed on Saturday. Pics/Anurag Ahire
An 80-year-old woman died after part of a dilapidated, century-old MHADA building collapsed near Grant Road West on Saturday morning. The building was occupied at the time of the incident. Many residents had a narrow escape, running out in the nick of time. Thirteen residents were stranded on the fourth floor and had to be extracted by the Mumbai fire brigade.
Portions of the balcony and slabs on the second and third floor of Rubinissa Manzil came crashing down at Sleater Road around 11 am, following incessant rain for two days. MHADA had declared the four-storeyed building a dilapidated structure and had issued a notice to residents to vacate it.