Mumbai building collapse death toll rises to 29
Afp, Mumbai
The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in India's commercial capital Mumbai rose to 29 yesterday as officials called off the search for more victims. Four people were rescued from the rubble late Thursday, taking the number of injured to 15. "We are calling off the search," Jairaj Pathak, head of Mumbai's civic administration body told AFP. Eight men, 16 women and five children died in the collapse, he said. "We have removed the debris and we have not found any more bodies," he said. Rescue workers brought in heavy equipment to move the rubble after two wings of the dilapidated seven-floor structure in a congested middle-class neighbourhood caved in late on Wednesday. The disaster has spurred state officials to promise structural surveys of buildings in the city where such collapses are common. "We've realised there's a need for a structural audit of buildings more than 10 years old," Maharashtra urban development minister Rajesh Tope told the state assembly.
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