Building collapses are common in Mumbai during monsoon season, mostly due to poor construction
\n MUMBAI
\nA four-storey residential building collapsed in India\u2019s financial capital of Mumbai overnight, killing at least 19 people, with more feared trapped under the rubble, officials said on Tuesday.
\nPart of the building, located in a crowded suburb in the central part of the city, crumbled around midnight on Monday, the city\u2019s civic body BMC said.
\nRescue workers were working to pull out debris and rubble until late on Tuesday. Heavy rain hampered the work.
\nBuilding collapses are common in Mumbai during monsoon season, mostly due to poor construction.
\nMore than a dozen people were injured in the accident, of which 10 were discharged from hospitals after treatment, the BMC said.
\n\u201cPeople living in the building were asked to vacate the houses five to six years ago. Every year a notice was sent to them, but no one left,\u201d said Suvrana Bansode, a resident living close to the building that collapsed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Building collapses are common in Mumbai during monsoon season, mostly due to poor construction MUMBAI A four-storey residential building collapsed in India\u2019s financial capital of Mumbai overnight, killing at least 19 people, with more feared trapped under the rubble, officials said on Tuesday. Part of the building, located in a crowded suburb in the central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6753,9165,9166],"class_list":{"0":"post-268838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-building-collapse","9":"tag-feared-trapped","10":"tag-mumbai"},"yoast_head":"\n