Mumbai, More than 21 hours after a huge billboard collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area due to strong winds and unseasonal rain, killing at least 1 person and injuring 75 others, civic officials said on Tuesday that the search And the rescue operation is still going on.
So far 89 people have been rescued from under the fallen hoarding, out of which 1 was declared dead and 75 others were injured. He was admitted to six hospitals in Mumbai and neighboring Thane, officials said.
Of the injured persons, 32 have been discharged from hospitals so far, 25 of them have been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, four to TMJ Hospital Vikhroli and three to HBT Hospital in Jogeshwari. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said the condition of one of the injured, who was admitted to Rajawadi Hospital, is critical.At least 12 fire engines and other vehicles are involved in the search operation since around 4.50 pm on Monday. He said two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), comprising 100 personnel, also joined the operation at 7.10 pm on Monday.
According to the BMC official, two JCBs, two gas cutter teams, 25 ambulances along with two heavy duty cranes and two hydra cranes are being used in the search and rescue operation. Over 125 employees – 75 belonging to BMC and 50 belonging to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
After a 120 x 120 feet billboard fell on a petrol pump in Chheda Nagar around 4 pm on Monday evening, officials had said that more than 100 people were feared trapped beneath it.According to municipal officials, the billboard was illegal and no permission was taken for its installation.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the site late on Monday evening and ordered a structural audit of all hoardings in the city.
The city police has registered a case against the owner of Ego Media and others for putting up the hoarding that fell on the petrol pump. Owner Bhavesh Bhinde and others have been booked under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 338 (causing grievous hurt by endangering the life of others) and 337 (causing hurt to another person by rash or negligent act). of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official said.
So far 89 people have been rescued from under the fallen hoarding, out of which 1 was declared dead and 75 others were injured. He was admitted to six hospitals in Mumbai and neighboring Thane, officials said.
Of the injured persons, 32 have been discharged from hospitals so far, 25 of them have been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, four to TMJ Hospital Vikhroli and three to HBT Hospital in Jogeshwari. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said the condition of one of the injured, who was admitted to Rajawadi Hospital, is critical.At least 12 fire engines and other vehicles are involved in the search operation since around 4.50 pm on Monday. He said two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), comprising 100 personnel, also joined the operation at 7.10 pm on Monday.
According to the BMC official, two JCBs, two gas cutter teams, 25 ambulances along with two heavy duty cranes and two hydra cranes are being used in the search and rescue operation. Over 125 employees – 75 belonging to BMC and 50 belonging to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
After a 120 x 120 feet billboard fell on a petrol pump in Chheda Nagar around 4 pm on Monday evening, officials had said that more than 100 people were feared trapped beneath it.According to municipal officials, the billboard was illegal and no permission was taken for its installation.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the site late on Monday evening and ordered a structural audit of all hoardings in the city.
The city police has registered a case against the owner of Ego Media and others for putting up the hoarding that fell on the petrol pump. Owner Bhavesh Bhinde and others have been booked under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 338 (causing grievous hurt by endangering the life of others) and 337 (causing hurt to another person by rash or negligent act). of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official said.
