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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 (1,491) had the most in that period out of the states.
A four-storey residential building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai overnight, killing at least 19 people, with more feared trapped under the rubble, officials said on Tuesday.
Dar es Salaam building collapse: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Residential building: 36 dead, 17/18 injured 2013: Thane building collapse: Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Building under construction [15] [16] 74 dead, 60–62 injured 2013: Rana Plaza collapse: Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Commercial building [17] 1,134 dead, 2,500+ injured 2013
Collapses of illegal buildings made with inadequate building supplies and practices may result in the deaths of their occupants. A recent example is the 4 April 2013 collapse of an eight-story building in the Shil Phata area of Mumbra, in the greater Mumbai area; 72 people were killed in the collapse.
MUMBAI (Reuters) -Rescue workers used excavators to clear mangled metal debris in their final search for survivors trapped underneath a billboard that collapsed in India's financial capital of ...
On 13 May 2024, a large billboard measuring 120x120 ft in the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai, collapsed following heavy rains. [ 3 ] 17 people were killed and more than 75 were injured. [ 4 ] The billboard crashed onto a petrol station , crushing vehicles and people who had taken shelter from the rains. [ 1 ]
Gangaram building collapse; 2005 Mumbai High fire; Lalita Park building collapse; 2013 Thane building collapse; 2014 Chennai building collapse; 2018 Kolkata bridge collapse; 2018 Varanasi flyover collapse; 2019 Mumbai foot overbridge collapse; 2024 Nileshwar temple fireworks disaster
The Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion scheme of 1899-1900 was the first planned suburban scheme in Bombay. The Bombay City Improvement Trust which was set after a bill was passed in the British parliament, formulated this plan in order to relieve congestion in the centre of the town, following the plague epidemics of the 1890s.