A nine-year-old woman died and three others had been grievously injured after a short lived water tank collapsed within the Kamathipura space of Nagpada in central Mumbai on Wednesday. Police mentioned the tank was supposed to produce water to building labourers.
Round 11.30 am, the tank was being crammed to capability. Because it began overflowing, the tank burst, inflicting cement blocks from it to fall on folks close by, the police mentioned.
The deceased woman has been recognized as Khushi Khatun. The injured persons are Minaz Khatun, 9, Ghulam Rasul Mulla, 32, and Nazrana Ali Hussain, 35.
Senior Police Inspector Ajay Kamble of the Nagpada station mentioned, “The affected people lived within the close by locality. Whereas they had been establishing a colony, they’d made a short lived water tank for themselves. It was product of cement.”
Authorities had been notified and the 4 victims had been rushed to a close-by hospital, the place Khushi succumbed to her accidents throughout therapy. The three injured persons are reported to be secure.
“We have now launched an investigation into the incident to find out the precise reason for the water tank’s collapse and whether or not security protocols had been adopted,” mentioned Kamble.
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