The rescuers had to make hectic efforts to remove the mangled frames of furniture, including large sofas, from the rubble at the mishap site.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan plans to overhaul the Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi redevelopment project. Chavan - who has already flagged what he called an "unholy nexus" among builders, politicians and middlemen in the wake of the Adarsh housing society scam - now wants state-run Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (Mhada) to carry out the big-ticket project.
Questions raised on discrepancies in land rates in West Bengal.
Mhada presently has only Mumbai and Nashik cities in mind. If it takes off here, the thinking is to extend this to Pune and Aurangabad, and then elsewhere, if a common formula could be arrived at.
A case has been registered against two shop owners after a portion of a four-storey residential building collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday evening.According to the police, Yunus Kasam Memon and Irfan Yusuf Memon, who own a shop of mobile handset covers, had allegedly added a staircase without seeking permission. This led to collapse of the building 'Yusuf Manzil' at Lamington Road.Meanwhile, an 85-year-old woman, who was seriously injured in the collapse, died on Tuesday.
Six buildings have also come up on the land under the slum rehabilitation scheme, it said.
Narrow lanes and bylanes, small houses, unhygienic living conditions, common toilets and several other factors are responsible for the easy spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, apart from non-adherence to social distancing norms.
MHADA has earned Rs 8.82 million. With a single form available for Rs 100, the housing body is expecting to sell anything between 70,000 to 100,000 forms per day, sources said. As many as 88,222 forms were sold across the 21 branches of HDFC Bank on Monday, the first day for the sale of forms for the 3,863 MHADA flats across the city, official sources said. HDFC Bank has been appointed as the official seller and receiver of the forms.
A case has been lodged against UB group chairman Vijay Mallya by farmers allegedly for forgery in the Patna district police on Thursday said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to file chargesheet against diplomat Devyani Khobragade and her father Uttam Khobragade in the Adarsh Housing scam for allegedly acquiring a flat on the basis of false affidavit.
Around 14 people injured in the collapse are undergoing treatment.
Fire brigade, Mumbai Police and civic officials rushed to the site to carry out the rescue operation.
Taking a cue from neighbouring Gujarat and its successful Vibrant Gujarat summit, Maharashtra has organised a conclave -Transforming MMR into a Global Financial, Commercial and Entertainment Hub - on February 6.
The state-owned airport authority is conducting a techno-feasibility study.
'The two-word answer is: Proper oversight,' says T N Ninan.
This is the second major building collapse in the city in just over a month.
However, the realty players will have to pursue their long-pending demands with the state government for abolition of the Urban Land Ceiling Act, speedy approvals to expedite redevelopment of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority buildings, development of cluster development, rental and affordable housing.
Sensex, Nifty under pressure on weak global cues.
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