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Structural collapses in India killed 8,756 people between 2018–2022, at the rate of about five people a day. The collapses of residential buildings account for most of the deaths. Delhi had the highest amount of structural collapse related deaths (133) from 2018−2022 out of the union territories, and Uttar Pradesh (1,696) and Maharashtra ...
Mumbai's Lower Parel skyline The skyline of Worli and Dadar as viewed from Bandra Mumbai's skyline across Back Bay. Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of India, has the highest number of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in India. More than 200 skyscrapers and 4,000 [1] high-rise buildings have already been constructed in the city ...
The 2021 Mumbai landslide was a series of landslides that occurred in Chembur and Vikhroli, the suburban neighbourhood located in Mumbai, India on 18 July 2021. [4] At least thirty-two people were killed [1] [5] and several others injured after they were trapped under houses that collapsed due to landslides caused by heavy rains. [6]
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.
The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 [3] [4] [5] terrorist bombings that took place primarily in Hindu majority areas in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. [6] The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries.
The Bombay riots can be considered a result of larger communal tensions throughout India. The British colonial policy of Divide and Rule allegedly included administrative and political activities such as communalized census taking, and the Morley Minto reforms, that relied on communal segregation, and in particular Hindu-Muslim divisions. [9]
Three Sixty West Tower B, occupied by the Ritz-Carlton, is one of the tallest commercial skyscrapers in Mumbai. The Bandra–Worli Sea Link. The skyline of South Mumbai, across Back Bay. The Bombay Stock Exchange. Mumbai, is the financial centre and the most populous city of India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 ...