The toll in the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district reached five on April 30 afternoon after the body of a man was recovered from the debris even as search and rescue operations continued more than 24 hours after the incident.
The building in Wardhaman Compound in Valpada in Mankoli, which housed godowns on the ground and first floors and four families on the top floor, collapsed into a heap of concrete at 1.45 p.m. on April 29.
Several people are still feared trapped and work of clearing the debris as part of the search and rescue operation helmed by the National Disaster Response Force, the State Disaster Response Force, fire brigade and civic teams continued, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said.
