Bhiwandi Building Collapse
Centre has approved ex-gratia in Bhiwandi building collapse case: MoS Patil
The Centre has sanctioned ex gratia in the case of a building collapse in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi last month that killed eight persons and left 10 others injured, said Kapil Patil, Union minister of state on Monday. Patil, who represents the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency in Thane district, said in a release that the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund will pay Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured in the accident. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning the ex gratia, the minister said the state government has already released relief for the dead and injured. Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had announced that a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each would be paid to the kin of the deceased, while medical expenses of the injured would be borne by the state government. The BJP leader said the district collector has received a communication from the Centre that said that the ex gratia amount will be directly .
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Toll rises to 6 in building collapse in Bhiwandi; rescue ops continue
The toll in the collapse of a two-storey building in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district reached five on Sunday afternoon after the body of man was recovered from the debris even as search and rescue operations continued more than 24 hours after the incident. The building in Wardhaman Compound in Valpada in Mankoli, which housed godowns on the ground and first floors and four families on the top floor, collapsed into a heap of concrete at 1:45pm on Saturday. Several people are still feared trapped and work of clearing the debris as part of the search and rescue operation helmed by the National Disaster Response Force, the State Disaster Response Force, fire brigade and civic teams continued, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said. The deceased whose body was pulled out at 10:30am on Sunday has been identified as Sudhakar Gavai, while the man who was found dead in the debris in the afternoon is 22-year-old Pravin Chaudhary, the ..
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Bhiwandi building collapse: Death toll at 4, rescue ops save people trapped
The 'Tahir Biznor' building, situated in Navi Basti area, was unauthorised, a district official said
Three-storey building collapses in Thane, many feared trapped
At least two persons have been rescued while five are feared trapped under the rubble
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