At least 34 killed in landslide, wall collapse in India monsoon rains
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences and said that there would be financial compensation for victims’ families
- A falling tree demolished a wall in the eastern suburb of Chembur on Sunday, burying nearby residents, the National Disaster Response Force said
At least 34 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India’s financial capital Mumbai, authorities said on Sunday.
Rainwater also inundated a water purification complex, disrupting supply “in most of the parts of Mumbai”, a megacity of 20 million people, civic authorities said.
A falling tree demolished a wall in the eastern suburb of Chembur during Sunday’s early hours, burying nearby residents, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said.
Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the rubble, it said late on Sunday after wrapping up search operations.
“In the adjacent house, I saw a small girl who was trapped in the debris. She was shouting ‘save me, save me’,” Firoz Khan, who was caught up in the downpour in Chembur, told Agence France-Presse.