A 50-year-old woman died while two escaped with injuries after a dilapidated three-storey building caved in near Central library under Talaiya police station area on Monday afternoon .
A house caved in the afternoon and on the receipt of the information a BMC squad reached the spot and started the rescue operation. Using JCB machines the debris was removed. Three persons were rescued and were rushed to a nearby hospital where one of the victims was declared dead. The deceased was identified as Saeeda.
State Disaster and Emergency Response Force (SDERF) reached the spot and helped in the rescue of the people inside the debris.
The house was in dilapidated condition and construction work to replace the dilapidated house with new structure was going on during which the incident took place. During the breaking of a pillar the house caved.
The front portion was constructed while the remaining part of the building was under construction and at the time of the incident Saeeda was present inside the house and got trapped under the debris and was later rescued but was declared dead when rushed to a nearby hospital.
The house situated near Taj Noor mosque is owned by Banne Pehalwan’s elder brother Mohammad Saleem. In the incident Saleem’s wife died.
The incident took place at around 2.30 pm during the construction work.
District collector Nishant Warwade and Mayor Alok Sharma reached the spot after receiving the information and took stock of the situation.