Mumbai: Four injured as portion of balcony collapses at Mulund chawl

Four persons, including three young children, were injured after a portion of a balcony of a chawl row tenement collapsed in Mumbais Mulund area on Tuesday afternoon, an official said. All the four were treated and discharged from the hospital, the civic official said.More details are awaited.

Four persons, including three young children, were injured after a portion of a balcony of a chawl (row tenement) collapsed in Mumbai's Mulund area on Tuesday afternoon, an official said. The accident took place around 2 pm at Nepali Chawl on Goshala Road, Ramgadh Nagar, in the eastern suburb, the official said. An official from Mumbai civic body BMC said the victims were taken to the nearby Agarwal Hospital. They include two minor girls aged 2.5 years and 4 years and a 5-year-old boy. All the four were treated and discharged from the hospital, the civic official said.

More details are awaited.