Mumbai: Building collapses in Zaveri Bazaar; two dead, two still missing

According to an official from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the slab collapse took place during repairing of 50/52, Shimpi Chawl building in Zaveri Bazar. The incident happened around 1pm, he said.

#UPDATE Body of 22-year-old Firoz Khan who was missing after the front portion of a building collapsed in Zaveri Bazaar found

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#UPDATE One more body found, two people still missing in incident where front portion of building collapsed in Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar

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Officials said that there were nine workers at the time of incident and and all except one have been rescued. The injury of one worker of the eight rescued was minor, he added. "One person is still missing and search is on for the ninth worker," he said adding that the cause of collapse would be ascertained only after a detailed inquiry. 

He said that a fire engine, a rescue van, an ambulance along with fire brigade personnel were deployed for rescue work. 

"The building belonged to MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority)and it was being repaired under the supervision of its engineers," the official added.