MUMBAI: A part of a public toilet complex collapse in Bhandup in Mumbai killing two people. Efforts are on to pull out another person from under the debris. The incident took place on Saturday morning in Tank Road area of Bhandup.

Rescue teams of the fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are at the spot and are trying to save those caught in the debris. </s> Mumbai: Two people died on Saturday after the wall and roof of a community toilet at a chawl collapsed in suburban Bhandup, police said.

The incident happened at around 6 am on Saturday and police officials identified the two deceased as Lobaben Jetwa (42) and Babulal Dewase (45).

"A few people who were trapped under the debris were rescued by fire brigade personnel. Two of them were seriously injured and were rushed to hospital but they died while undergoing treatment," said Akhilesh Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone VII.

He said that a case of accidental death had been registered and further investigation into the cause of the toilet collapse was underway. </s> [India] Apr 28 (ANI): Two persons were killed on Saturday after a public toilet complex collapsed in Mumbai.

A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reached the spot for rescue work in collaboration with the fire department.

The public toilet complex, located at Saisadan chawl at Mumbai's Bhandup area,

was approximately 25 years old and was not being maintained properly by the city's municipal body.

"Unfortunately in the morning the toilet wall and the roof collapsed, and 19 out of 20 toilets get submerged beneath their foundations," said Deputy Commissioner P. Akhilesh Kumar Singh. (ANI) </s> 2 persons have been reported dead as a public toilet in Mumbai's Bhandup collapses. Watch to know more. </s> According to residents, the two were stuck in the debris for nearly five hours before being rescued

Two people relieving themselves lost their life after a 20-seat public toilet at Saisadan Society of Om Pimpaleshwar Colony, Bhandup West, came crashing down on Saturday morning. The deceased have been identified as Labuben Dhirubhai Jetwa, 42, a homemaker, and Laxman Babalal Dewasi, 45, an employee of a garment store. According to residents, the two were stuck in the debris for nearly five hours before being rescued.

"Both had head injuries and bruises. The bodies have been sent for postmortem," said an official from Rajawadi Hospital. Residents of the society claimed that a crack had developed on one of the walls of the toilet around 20 days ago. However, no one had raised an alarm.

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Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates </s> Few people were also trapped under the debris, who were later rescued by fire brigade personnel

Two people died after the roof and wall of a community toilet at a chawl in suburban Bhandup collapsed on Saturday, police said. The incident took place at around 6 am. Police officials identified the deceased as Lobaben Jetwa (42) and Babulal Dewase (45). Few people were also trapped under the debris. They were later rescued by fire brigade personnel.

Two of them were seriously injured and were rushed to hospital but they died while undergoing treatment," said Akhilesh Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone VII. He said that a case of accidental death had been registered and further investigation into the cause of the toilet collapse was underway.

Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs, and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates </s> TWO PERSONS died in Bhandup early Saturday while they were using a community toilet, which collapsed into a septic tank. This comes nearly two months after a portion of another public toilet had collapsed in Mankhurd, killing three persons.

 The deceased, Labhuben Jethava (40) and Babulal Devase (45), were residents of Sai Sadan chawl. The toilet had 20 cubicles — 10 on each side — and catered to four chawls in the Patilwadi area of Bhandup (West). Local residents claimed the tiling on the toilet floor had been creaking since Friday.

The incident took place around 6.30 am. Soon, residents of Sai Sadan chawl, located just ahead of the toilet, realised that two persons who had gone to use the toilet had fallen in the septic tank. They called up the fire brigade. Due to the narrow lane leading up to the toilet, it took a while before fire brigade officials could remove the bodies. They were rushed to the Rajawadi hospital where they were declared brought dead on arrival.

Rita Jethava, a relative of Labhuben, said: “Just a month ago, the family had got a toilet constructed at their room in the chawl. It was, however, a western style toilet and Labhuben was not comfortable with it. Her family kept telling her to use it, but she went to the public toilet.”

Vanita Parmar, another relative, added: “We have been told that for the past 10 to 15 days, people had been talking about how the structure of the toilet was shaking.”

Labhuben is survived by her husband and three children — two boys and a girl. Babulal Devase used to work at a clothes shop near Bhandup railway station. Hailing from Rajasthan, he is survived by his wife and four sons. “I had used the public toilet around 6 am. There was some creaking noise. I did not think much of it. Fifteen minutes later, my husband went to the toilet and the entire structure came down,” said Babulal’s wife.

Omkar Ahire, a resident of Sai Sadan chawl, said the toilet has been there for decades and was repaired nearly eight years ago. “The basic plaster on the roof was repaired… the structure remained weak. People have written to successive corporators about it, but nothing much has come of it.”

“Nearly 30 to 40 per cent of the people in these chawls use the public toilet. Not everyone can afford to get a toilet constructed in the house, which of course has to be done illegally,” a resident said. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)official said they are investigating the matter.

An officer from Bhandup police said: “We have registered an accidental death report in both cases and are investigating if there was negligence on the part of anyone that led to the incident.”

“We received two bodies from the collapse site, one male and one female. Their postmortem examination is underway,” said Dr Vidya Thakur, superintendent at Rajawadi hospital. On February 2, a portion of another community toilet at Mankhurd had collapsed, resulting in the death of three persons. The Mankhurd police had registered an FIR against the contractor, who was later arrested.

For all the latest Mumbai News, download Indian Express App </s> In the wake of a toilet collapse in Bhandup claimed two lives on Saturday, the BMC will inspect all its old community/public toilets. The move, civic officials claimed, is to prevent such incidents in future. But according to civic officials, the toilet that collapsed at Bhandup was not maintained by the BMC. Residents of the area had got it built with the help of a former corporator.

BMC has conducted a structural audit of all toilets under its jurisdiction. But these toilets will be re-inspected on a ward level soon to prevent such incidents from recurring. “To make sure the toilet block structures are safe, we will conduct inspections at the ward level. The exercise is to just make sure that no life is in jeopardy and to prevent any incidents like the Bhandup one from occurring,” said a senior BMC official.

Babulal Devji (40) and Labhuben Jethwa (42) were killed after the floor of a community toilet caved into a septic tank around 6 am in Sai-Sadan Chawl, Bhandup West. Firemen struggled for six hours to remove the bodies with the help of other agencies. The firemen with the help of a National Disaster Response Force team managed to recover the bodies from the septic tank. “We had sought a report from the respective ward on the incident and it was ascertained that the toilet was not built or maintained by BMC. For our toilets, we had conducted a structural audit last year, officials had clear instructions to demolish and re-build or repair the toilet structures which are found to be dilapidated and weak,” said BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta.

To address the shortage of toilet and to stop open defecation, the BMC had last year announced construction of over 18,000 new toilets. The civic body has decided to build two and three-storey toilets, to overcome space constraints. The estimated cost of constructing 18,818 toilet blocks is Rs 376 crore. BMC also plans to pull down 11,170 toilets and make 15,774 new toilets in their place using improved design. “The city will get additional 4,604 toilet blocks in the place of old ones,” said a senior official. The remaining 3,044 toilet blocks will be completely new ones. The city currently has nearly 12,000 public toilets, most of them over a decade old.

For all the latest Mumbai News, download Indian Express App </s> TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least three people died and dozens were feared trapped when a building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai Thursday, after days of heavy rain swamped the city.

Rescuers using diggers could be seen sifting through the remains of the four-story residential building which gave way around 08:40 am (0310 GMT) in the densely populated area of Bhendi Bazaar.

It was the latest deadly housing collapse to strike the teeming metropolis — shining a spotlight on poor construction standards in the Asian country — and came after heavy rains and inundations in the city killed 10 people.

A spokesman for the Mumbai civic authority’s disaster control team said three bodies had been pulled from the rubble.

“Three people are dead and thirteen injured have been rescued from the building collapse. Two firemen also have been injured during the rescue operations,” Tanaji Kamble, told AFP.

An official in the control room of India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said dozens more were thought to be trapped, he added.

“Forty people are believed to be stuck inside and a 43-member team is conducting rescue operations,” the official said.

He said eight or nine families were thought to have been living in the building.

Building collapses are common in Mumbai, especially during the monsoon season from late June to September, when heavy rains lash the western Indian city.
A communal toilet collapses in Bhandup, Mumbai, India. Several people are trapped and require rescue, with two dying en route to hospital.