Unsafe Mumbai Buildings

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  Why People In Mumbai Live In Unsafe Homes And Risk Their Lives

  The death of 14 people in a building collapse in Mumbai's Dongri on Tuesday has yet again highlighted how Mumbaikars continue to live in dilapidated homes that are on the verge of collapse.

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  No Affordable Rooms For Rent: Migrant Workers In Cities Forced To Live In Unsafe Places

  Mumbai: The collapse of a 117-year-old apartment block in a crowded neighbourhood in Mumbai last month highlighted the dismal state of affordable rental housing in Indian cities, even as tens of thousands migrate from rural areas everyday in search of jobs. Thirty-four people including a newborn baby were killed when the six-storey building collaps...

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  Moments Before Mumbai Building Fell, Man Went In To Collect Belongings

  Moments before a building in Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar collapsed, Mohammed Rafiq, 25, had gone in to collect his stuff and get ready for a trip to his home in Uttar Pradesh. Then he heard a loud noise. "I ran out immediately," said Mr Rafiq, who lived in Husaini Building that has turned into a heap of debris now

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  Mumbai Building Collapses Killing 32, Was Declared Unsafe 6 Years Ago

  Rescue workers, including those from the National Disaster National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), searched for more than a dozen people who are still feared trapped in a 117-year-old, five-storey building that collapsed in Mumbai this morning, two days after torrential rain lashed the city. 32 people have died and many, including four firemen, ar...

• How Mazgaon court in Mumbai was vacated in 10 minutes

  If you have a case pending at the Mazgaon court in Mumbai, you will now have to travel to Sewri to get the work done. Yesterday the court was vacated in panic mode in a matter of 10 minutes, after an inspection report declared it unsafe and recommended that the building be shut down immediately. Subsequently, eight rooms were allotted at Sewri sess...

• Unsafe buildings in Mumbai: No choice but to live in danger

  In Mumbai the civic authorities have listed 272 buildings as unsafe for habitation. But people continue to live and work in them mostly because they have 'no choice'. The Amrut Mahotsav Building is 82 years old and one of the 272 unsafe structures on BMC's list. A dilapidated structure that could fall anytime but like most buildings on the list, it...

• Thursday dawns clear in Mumbai, 272 buildings declared unsafe

  After a chaotic Wednesday with heavy rains lashing the city, Thursday has dawned clear. There has been no rain in Mumbai since last night. The weather bureau has forecast heavy rainfall with strong winds and thundershowers in parts of city and suburbs over the next 24 hours. Between June 13 and 17, it has said, there will be tides measuring between...

• 272 buildings declared unsafe as heavy rain lash Mumbai

  The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has declared 272 buildings unsafe because of possible landslides due to the heavy rain lashing the city. Those residing in these buildings have been asked to evacuate. The landslide-prone areas where the warning has been sounded include, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Goregaon-Mulund Link Road, Goregaon (East)...