Mumbai Weekly VOL 6. ISSUE 4 | SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER, 2017
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Mumbai Building Collapse leaves 34 Dead
Workers pull out a victim from the rubbles of a building that collapse in Mumbai on 30 August 2017. Thirty four people lost their lives in the collapse. Karma Bhutia / Mumbai Weekly Left : Workers clean up the debris of the building that collapse in Mumbai on 30 August 2017. Hemanshi Kamani / Mumbai Weekly
On 30 August 2017, Husaini building in Bhendi Bazar in Mumbai collapsed. Thirty four people (including a 20day-old baby)
lost their lives, followed by an ugly blamegame. Every organisation connected with the building is shifting the blame on
another group. One of the several reasons behind the collapse, was poor cluster redevelopment policy in the state. Tragedy truck barely
two days after torrential rain brought the city to its knees. Many suspect the downpour caused further damage to the ramshackle
structure, causing it to crash. Some residents in the locality claimed that several families lived in crammed rooms in the structure,
which was declared “unsafe� by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA). The building housed a total of
13 tenants 12 residential and one commercial. All the medical expenses of the injured would be borne by the state government.
This is the second major building collapse in the city in just over a month, after the crash of a residential complex in Ghatkopar.
Five injured as local train derails near Mahim Mumbai protests the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh
People stand along the coaches of a derailed suburban train in Mumbai on 25 August 2017. Karma Bhutia / Mumbai Weekly
Four coaches of a suburban train derailed near Mahim station on the Harbour Line injuring five passengers, Western Railway said. The derailment affected train movement
on the WadalaAndheri section, a railway official said. The train was to be shifted to another track because of the problem. The local train, which started from Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). The train was on its way to Andheri station when a problem was detected in the overhead equipment (that supplies power for train movement)
near Mahim station. Four front coaches derailed as it was reversing from the platform around 9.55 am. Western Railway official said , an inquiry would be instituted to as-
certain the cause of the incident. In a series of tweets, Western Railway said five commuters got injured in this incident. They were given first aid.
People participate in candle light march to protest the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh on 06 September 2017 in Mumbai . She was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru on the evening of 05 September 2017. Hemanshi Kamani/ Mumbai Weekly