Navi Mumbai: 29-year-old man dead, 7 injured as ceiling slabs collapse at residential building

Ceiling slabs from the sixth floor to the ground floor collapsed in the building located in sector 17 of Nerul

A 29-year-old man died and seven others sustained injuries when ceiling slabs collapsed of an eight-storey residential building in Navi Mumbai.

Ceiling slabs from the sixth floor to the ground floor collapsed in the building located in sector 17 of Nerul around 12.50 am, a fire brigade official said.

According to civic officials, some drilling work was in progress on the sixth floor of the residential building, due to which the ceiling slab of the sixth floor fell followed by the other floors.

"Local firemen and the police rushed to the scene for the rescue operations," he said.

"One of the residents Ventakesh Nada, who was buried under the debris, died even before he could be taken to the hospital, while seven injured persons are undergoing treatment at a local hospital," added the official.

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) had last month issued a notice to carry out a structural audit of the building, it was stated.

(with inputs from PTI)

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