India’s financial capital was bracing for more rains after monsoon downpours toppled buildings in Mumbai. The weather office has announced the start of the four-month rainy season, which is vital for the nation’s economy that shrivelled under the Covid-19 pandemic. Eight of the 11 people killed were children, the police said, adding that added heavy rains appeared to have brought down their three-storey building in Mumbai’s bustling Malad district.
Seven residents were hospitalised after they were rescued from the debris of the apartment complex which toppled, police officers said.
They said the building seemed to have been weakened by a recent cyclone over Mumbai and added an investigation has been ordered.
Three other ramshackle buildings in the working class district were flagged as “dangerous” and their residents ordered to leave after Wednesday’s fatal accident, the city municipality added.
Another person died when a house collapsed in the rain-lashed Mumbai suburb of Dahisar on Thursday.
Credit: rfi.fr
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