Ceiling Plaster Collapse Injures Couple in Unauthorized Thane Building

A man and a woman sustained injuries when the ceiling plaster of their room fell in an unauthorized building in Thane district, Maharashtra. The incident occurred around 4.30 am, injuring Ankit Singh and Sonam Singh who were asleep at the time. Both are receiving treatment at a civic hospital.

A man and a woman were injured when the ceiling plaster of a room in their house fell on them in Maharashtra's Thane district on Sunday, civic officials said.

The incident took place at around 4.30 am in the house located in a seven-storey unauthorised building, which is around 10 years old, in Diva area, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

The occupants of the house, located on the seventh floor, were asleep when the ceiling plaster of a bedroom fell, he said. Two persons, Ankit Singh (28) and Sonam Singh (26), were injured and admitted to a civic hospital in Kalwa where they were undergoing treatment, the official said.

After being alerted, local fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot and cleared the debris.

Civic engineers will soon take a call on the building, the official said.

(With inputs from agencies.)