Additionally, another 43 were injured, some in critical condition, while more than 30 injured victims were discharged after treatment.

On Monday afternoon, a sudden dust storm accompanied by strong winds followed by rain wreaked havoc in the city.

At around 4:15 pm, a huge advertisement hoarding put up by a private party in Pant Magar uprooted and fell on several houses and a petrol pump. Injuring and trapping scores.

By late Monday night, teams of Mumbai Fire Brigade, MDRF and MMRDA managed to rescue more than 60 people trapped under the debris of the collapsed hoarding.

Also, in another tragedy, a multi-storey vertical steel parking lot collapsed near Shreeji Towers in Wadala, crushing a dozen vehicles.

At least two more people died in other tragedies linked to the dust storm, which disrupted road traffic and affected airport operations for 66 minutes.

Taking serious cognizance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ordered BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani and Mumbai Police to thoroughly investigate the tragedy.

Announcing an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin, Shinde told media persons, "I have ordered BMC officials to conduct a special audit of all the hoardings in Mumbai and remove all the illegal hoardings from the city." th deceased.