Mumbai: One dead as wall of chawl collapses in Colaba

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One person died after a compound wall of a Chawl collapsed in Mumbai's Colaba on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Akbar. He was 38.

Officials said that the compound wall at Miyan Chawl collapsed at around 2:48 in the afternoon on Sunday. The Chawl is located near Gazali Dargah, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.3, Cuffe Parade, Colaba.

The collapse of chawl wall left Akbar wounded. He was rushed to Ashwini INS Hospital. However, doctors at the hospital declared him dead.

Last week, six workers were killed and another four injured when a brick kiln wall collapsed on them in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district. The accident took place in Lahboli village, said Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pramendra Dobhal, who was on the spot.

They were working at the brick kiln when the wall collapsed, the SSP said.

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Five labourers died on the spot while another succumbed at a private hospital in Roorkee where all the injured were taken to, SP (Rural) Swapan Kishore said.

A horse was also killed after getting buried under the rubble of the wall, he said. A magisterial probe was ordered into the incident by District Magistrate Dheeraj Singh Garbiyal.

Workers were busy making bricks at Saanvi brick kiln in the village when the wall collapsed over them and some cattle, leading to chaos, the SP (rural) said.

On receiving the information, senior officials along with a district disaster management team reached the spot and started relief and rescue work.

The workers trapped under the debris were pulled out with the help of an earth mover.

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Five of the workers were killed on the spot while another succumbed to injuries at the hospital. Four are under treatment out of which the condition of two continues to be critical, Kishore said.

Three of the labourers were from Lahboli village, one from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh and the rest from nearby villages, he said. (With inputs from PTI)