5 Feared Trapped As Chawl Collapses In Mumbai Amid Rain

Four to five persons are feared trapped after a ground-plus-three-storey 'chawl' partially collapsed in Mumbai's Mankhurd area on Sunday night amid heavy rains, civic officials said.The incident occurred at Chawl No 5 in Janta Nagar, behind Hanuman Mandir, at around 8.30 pm, they said.As per preliminary information, two to three tenements forming part of the ground-plus-three-storey structure caved in, prompting a rescue operation by personnel from Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), police, BMC ward office and '108' ambulance services, the officials said.'Chawls' are old, low-cost housing blocks with long balconies and single room tenements.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)