Thane, Jul 17 (PTI) The bedroom slab of a flat in a ground-plus-seven residential building in Thane West collapsed onto the flat below on Thursday evening, though no one was hurt in the incident, a civic official said.
The incident took place at 7:45pm in Aniket Society in Uthalsar Naka, said Thane Municipal Corporation disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi.
“The bedroom slab of room number 601 on the sixth floor collapsed into the bedroom of room number 501 directly below. The ground-plus seven structure with 17 rooms is around 23 years old. No one was hurt in the incident. However, the sixth floor slab is now in a very fragile condition,” he said.
“Eight rooms on the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh floors of the building have been sealed and 19 residents have shifted to stay with their kin. Regular structural audits of older buildings are essential to prevent such accidents. Residents must report any signs of structural weakness in their buildings to the TMC without delay,” Tadvi added. PTI COR BNM
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