An 18-year-old girl was declared brought dead at the Mumbais Bhaba hospital after a compound wall of a two-storeyed building collapsed on top of her at 7.50 pm on Monday. The incident took place at Subhash Nagar, near Shiv Mandir, behind Bharat Talkies in Kurla (West). The wall collapsed on the rooms of a chawl below it which resulted in the death of 1 person. No further casualties have been reported so far. The deceased was said to be living with eight other family members at the chawl, however the presence of other family members during the incident is yet to be confirmed. Mumbais BMCs statement on the issue The BMC gave a detailed explanation about how the incident unfolded in an interview where they said that the compound wall of the ground plus two-storeyed building collapsed on two rooms of the chawl located below the building. The deceased was in one of the rooms when the wall collapsed over the AC sheet rooftop of the rooms. “The occupant of the other room escaped unhurt. The injured Vaishnavi Prajapati was moved to Bhaba hospital immediately, where she was declared brought dead,” said a BMC official.“We have asked the occupants of the five rooms, including the two rooms, located under the ground plus two-storeyed building to vacate the rooms as a precautionary measure. Some citizens residing nearby complained that some stones had fallen on them too, but no injuries were reported. There is no damage to the ground plus two-storeyed building too. However, we will be inspecting the place again in the morning and deciding on further course of action,” the BMC official added.
