The toll in the Bhiwandi building collapse in Maharashtra rose to 39 on Wednesday after 13 more bodies were pulled out of the debris, The Times of India reported.
The 43-year-old building, which had 40 flats, collapsed on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday while many of the residents were asleep. The apartment complex, located at Narpoli’s Patel Compound near Dhamankar Naka, was not in the list of dilapidated structures of the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation, according to the civic body.
Thane Municipal Corporation’s Regional Disaster Management Cell and the National Disaster Response Force are still carrying out rescue operations. More bodies could be trapped under the debris, the disaster management teams said on Wednesday.
The resuce teams took the use of machinery to clear huge portions of the rubble on the first floor of the building, Hindustan Times…