Thane, Oct 23 (PTI) A 50-year-old man was injured after some portion of a balcony and the outer wall of a ‘chawl’ collapsed early on Friday in Kalwa area of Maharashtra’s Thane city, an official said.
The incident occurred at 7.40 am at Mahalaxmi Chawl located in Waghoba Nagar in Kalwa East, said Yasin Tadvi, Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC).
The collapse incident took place near room number 9 of the chawl.
A tenant of the room, identified as Ghanshyam Rao, sustained injuries to his right hand and right leg.
After being alerted, a response team shifted him to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa. For safety purposes, the RDMC personnel cordoned off the area, he said.
A chawl is a type of low-cost, multi-story tenement-style residential building found primarily in Mumbai. PTI COR NP
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