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Photos: Building collapse kills 11 after monsoon flooding in Mumbai

Rescue efforts are under way as more people are feared trapped

Published: June 10, 2021 18:03 Compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor with inputs from Agencies

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MUMBAI 1-1623331821188 — Rescue workers remove debris to search for survivors after a residential building collapsed on another building in Mumbai. At least 11 people, including seven children, died, and seven were injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Mumbai late Wednesday amid heavy rainfall. Image Credit: REUTERS

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MUMBAI 2-1623331823884 — Residents joined the fire and police officers in rescuing people, and they took the seven injured to a hospital in the suburban Kandivali area. Image Credit: REUTERS

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MUMBAI 3-1623331826663 — Relatives and friends react to the death of a person after a single-story house collapsed on another structure in the Malwani area on Wednesday night in Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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MUMBAI 4-1623331832523 — Building collapses are common in India during the June-September monsoon season when heavy rains weaken the foundations of structures that are poorly built. Image Credit: AP

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MUMBAI 66-1623331837174 — Mumbai recorded 222 millimetres (8 inches) of rain in 12 hours Wednesday. Tidal waves that reached up to 4. 6 meters (13 feet) prevented the rainfall from being drained, and roads, rail tracks and neighbourhoods were left waterlogged. Image Credit: AP

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MUMBAI 55-1623331841690 — The incident happened at 11pm on Wednesday and the collapse engulfed a nearby residential structure, according to Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Image Credit: PTI

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MUMBAI 77-1623331845649 — Officials said they had evacuated other dilapidated buildings in the area as heavy rains are likely to continue in the coming days. Image Credit: ANI

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MUMBAI 7-1623331839408 — Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visits Ambedkar Hospital to meet the people who were injured in the building collapse incident at Malad in Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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MUMBAI 8-1623331848493 — A man make his way across flooded railway tracks during heavy rain in Mumbai. Image Credit: AP

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MUMBAI 9-1623331851780 — The city has been put on high alert because the rains are also causing flooding in several areas. Image Credit: ANI

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MUMBAI 10-1623331853789 — People commute through waterlogged areas during heavy rainfall in Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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