Three people were killed and seven are feared still trapped after a ground-plus-two storey building collapsed in Maharastra s Bhiwandi on Saturday. Rescue operations are underway since the last 19 hours to save those trapped
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"Death toll rises to four in the Bhiwandi building collapse incident in Thane, Maharashtra. Further rescue operations are underway," said a Thane Municipal Corporation official. Bhiwandi Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises to Four After Godown Collapses in Thane; Rescue Operations Underway (Watch Video).
Following the building collapse in Thane's Bhiwandi which claimed lives of three people, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday night visited the incident site and said that the rescue operation is underway and as many as 12 people have been rescued so far
The body of a man was recovered on Sunday from the debris of a two-storey building which collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the toll to four, an official said