Dongri Building Collapse LIVE: Building was to be evacuated for demolition at earliest, said BMC in Aug 2017

“Building is classified as 'C1', to be evacuated for demolition at the earliest...In event of any mishap this office won't be responsible,” said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a letter dated 7 August 2017 on Kesarbhai building that collapsed in Dongri, today

A woman being rescued by NDRF personnel from the debris of the building that collapsed in Dongri, on Tuesday

Twelve persons were killed after a four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai's congested Dongri area Tuesday, a Maharashtra minister said.

About 40 to 50 people are feared trapped under the debris, civic officials said.

Twelve people were killed after the 'Kesarbaug' building, located in a bustling narrow lane in Tandel Street of Dongri area of south Mumbai, crashed, housing minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said.

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The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), which had given the building that collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday to a private builder for re-development, said action would be taken against those responsible for any lacunae.

MHADA Chairman Uday Samant said the building, located in Dongri area, was under their jurisdiction but given to a private builder for re-development.

12 people are feared to have died in the Dongri building collapse. 40 people are still trapped under debris

A four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai's congested Dongri area on Tuesday, trapping about 40 to 50 people under the debris, civic officials said.

The ground-plus-four-storey 'Kesarbai' building, located in a densely populated narrow lane in Dongri's Tandel Street, crashed around 11.40 am, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) disaster management cell said.