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Mumbai: 1 Woman Dead, 3 Injured After Portion Of Building Collapses Near Grant Road Station

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Mumbai: 1 Woman Dead, 3 Injured After Portion Of Building Collapses Near Grant Road Station

Mumbai: In a shocking incident that has come to light from Mumbai, a woman died and at least three others were injured when portions of a balcony and slab of an old building collapsed. The incident took place near Grant Road station on Saturday, July 20 at around 10:30 am. A part of the balcony and slab portions of the second and third floor of the Rubinissa Manzil building collapsed.

 “Seven to eight residents were stranded on the top floor of the four-storied building and the Mumbai Fire Brigade along with police, ambulances and civic staffers rushed to launch a rescue operation. After around an hour, the body of one was retrieved from the debris and the injured were rushed to the nearby Bhatia Hospital for treatment. More persons are still feared to be trapped under the rubble and hectic efforts are underway to save them, said the BMC Disaster Control.”

The Mumbai Fire Brigade declared it to be a level I emergency. Rescue teams have sprung into action and the work to ensure everyone is safely rescued from the structure is underway in full swing.

Vehicular traffic hit

Mumbai traffic police took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and said, “Due to part of a building collapse near Grant Road Station West, the station road is closed for vehicular traffic.”

Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Mumbai since past few days as Mumbaikars are battling traffic snarks and waterlogging. Wlogging was witnessed across Mumbai as heavy rains continue to lash several parts of the city. South Mumbai and Thane district witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, DRM – Mumbai Central, WR took to X and said, “Due to the waterlogging in the Porbandar – Kanalus Section, Bhavnagar Division Train no. 19003 Dadar -Bhusaval Khandesh Exp of dated 21/07/2024 is cancelled. The inconvenience caused is highly regretted.”

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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