40-yr-old Mumbra building tilts,14 families evacuated

After a 40-year-old dilapidated building in Mumbra tilted dangerously on Friday, 14 families were rescued and sent to transit camps in municipal schools.

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) will pay rent to the persons who were evacuated from the building.

Noorani Mahal, which was constructed in 1984, has 16 flats and nine shops. The four building structure was declared extremely dangerous by the TMC and notices to evacuate the building were handed over to the residents.

“The building had started tilting in the past couple of months and finally the building reached a point where it was resting and taking the support of the adjacent building. When it tilted dangerously on to the other building, the police and fire brigade department were immediately informed,” said a senior TMC official.

Manish Joshi, Zone 1 Deputy Municipal Commissioner, TMC, said, “We convinced residents to evacuate the building and promised them that the rent would be paid by the civic body. Till then they will be given refuge at transit camps in schools run by the civic body.”