Residents evacuated as canopy of buildings collapse

Forty-two families residing in twin four-storey buildings in Wagle Estate locality here were evacuated after a canopy of one of the top-floor tenements collapsed in the wee hours of Saturday, officials said. The twin buildings, Asha and Usha, have total 42 tenements. Since they have turned old, the housing society has undertaken repair works after a structural audit, officials said.

"Around 1 am on Saturday, a canopy of one of the tenements of the top floor of a building collapsed," station officer of Wagle Estate Fire Station, Nitin Shinde, said. Nobody was injured in the incident, he added.

Santosh Kadam, chief of Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), said, "After being alerted, the firemen and the RDMC staff rushed to the spot and all the residents of the two buildings were evacuated." 

(With inputs from agencies.)