mumbai sources reported that NDRF officials said at least 12 people were killed and six others injured after a compound wall collapsed on Tuesday due to heavy rains in Malad area here. Meanwhile the incident happened around 2 am when the compound wall in Pimpripada of Malad East area collapsed and people living in shanties adjacent to wall got trapped under the debris.
Furthermore NDRF officials said that the 12 deceased were the people living in the slums. A senior NDRF official said "Our team of National Disaster Response Force along with sniffer dog reached the site of the incident immediately after receiving the information. Besides, a team of fire brigade and local police also reached the spot and took the control of the situation”.
He said "Rescue operations are underway and more details are awaited. Over 10 injured are in nearby civic hospital in Jogeshwari and Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali”. Further the authorities have declared Tuesday as a public holiday in mumbai as the Indian Meteorological Department has forecasts heavy rains. Moreover the Central Railway has also decided to run local trains in limited corridors due to water logging in the railway tracks.
