Ismail Shaikh in Rajawadi hospital. Pic/Rajesh Gupta

"It was my first day at work; I was hired for plastering for Rs 1,000 a day. When I reached the ground floor of Siddhi Sai Apartment in Ghatkopar, I saw that the plaster of some pillars had been removed entirely, with the iron rods jutting out, and some were even bent and broken. Minutes later, I saw the pillars shaking."