Mumbai: The bodies of a three-year-old girl and a 43-year-old man were pulled out from the debris of the Malad wall collapse on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 26. The compound wall of Malad MCGM Reservoir at PimpriPada, had collapsed in the wee hours of Tuesday due to heavy rains.
According to Vidya Mane, a doctor at the HBT Trauma Care Hospital, one body was body was brought in at 3 am, while other was brought in at 10.30 am. Both were declared dead on arrival.
In all, 121 people were injured. Of them 26 died and 72 were admitted in hospitals. 23 have been discharged. Out of the 26, 11 people died at Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari, 13 died in Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali and two in M V Desai Hospital in Malad.
Earlier, Additional Municipal Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Ashwini Joshi said the state government will provide Rs 5 lakhs as compensation to the families of the people killed in rain-related incidents while the BMC too will pitch in a similar amount.
“The state government has promised a sum of Rs 5 lakhs to the families of those who died in Mumbai, including the victims of the wall collapse in Malad.
The state government has also urged BMC to give a similar sum to the victims. Meanwhile, we are taking care of all expenses related to the treatment of the injured people,” Joshi said at a press conference here.
