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| India: Eleven killed in Mumbai building collapse | India: Eleven killed in Mumbai building collapse |
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| At least 11 people have died after a building collapsed near India's western city of Mumbai, police say. | At least 11 people have died after a building collapsed near India's western city of Mumbai, police say. |
| Many others are feared trapped beneath the three-storey building in Thane after the incident early on Tuesday. | Many others are feared trapped beneath the three-storey building in Thane after the incident early on Tuesday. |
| Reports say the municipality had declared the old, dilapidated property dangerous to live in, but residents had refused to vacate. | Reports say the municipality had declared the old, dilapidated property dangerous to live in, but residents had refused to vacate. |
| More than 100 people have died in residential building collapses in Mumbai in the last two years. | More than 100 people have died in residential building collapses in Mumbai in the last two years. |
| Rescuers are searching through the rubble for survivors after the building in the Naupada area collapsed while families were sleeping inside, an official said. | |
| "Eleven bodies have been recovered and seven people pulled out alive. Another one person is missing," rescue official Alok Avasthy told the AFP news agency. | |
| He said people were living in the 50-year-old building even though it "had been declared unsafe by the government two years ago". | |
| "We pulled a family of five to safety with the help of a sniffer dog who tells us that there is still some life in there," Mr Avasthy said. | |
| Tuesday's incident comes a week after nine people were killed when another three-storey building collapsed during heavy monsoon rains in Thakruli, a Mumbai suburb. | |
| Property prices and rent in Mumbai are among the highest in Asia. Many citizens are forced to live in old, dilapidated properties in a land-scarce city where an estimated 60% of its 18 million people live in slums and shantytowns. | Property prices and rent in Mumbai are among the highest in Asia. Many citizens are forced to live in old, dilapidated properties in a land-scarce city where an estimated 60% of its 18 million people live in slums and shantytowns. |
| There are more than 14,000 buildings in Mumbai that are more than 70 years old. | There are more than 14,000 buildings in Mumbai that are more than 70 years old. |
| Between 2008 and 2012, there were 100 building collapses in which 53 people died and 103 others were injured, authorities say. | Between 2008 and 2012, there were 100 building collapses in which 53 people died and 103 others were injured, authorities say. |
| Poor construction material and building practices are often blamed for many of the building collapses in India. | Poor construction material and building practices are often blamed for many of the building collapses in India. |
| Last year aN 11-storey building in southern Tamil Nadu state collapsed following heavy rain, killing 61 people, mostly workers. |