From the archive record
Five people have been rescued and some are still feared trapped under the debris in R S Nimkar Marg, Mumbai. Six people died and two others suffered injuries after a three-storeyed building on R S Nimkar Marg in Kamathipura collapsed on Saturday. The building, named Gulmohar, was over a hundred years old and was undergoing repair work, which was being overseen by the MHADA. Though the building was listed as a residential building, as per MHADA’S records no one was living in the building. MHADA officials said that there was a restaurant on the ground floor and a few embroidery workshops on the floors above. Onlookers said that the building completely collapsed in a matter of minutes. “There was a loud crash and the next thing we knew, the building was gone in less than five minutes. The loc