Pune building collapse: Toll up at 9 as last body recovered; official dubs incident 'act of God'
The death toll from a building collapse at a waste-processing plant in Pune has risen to nine after the final body was recovered. A company official has controversially labeled the incident an 'act of God' caused by unpredictable rainfall.
Why it matters
The incident highlights concerns regarding industrial safety standards and corporate accountability in the wake of infrastructure failures during extreme weather events.
Rescue teams recovered the body of the last missing person in the Moshi waste processing unit collapse near Pune in the wee hours of Sunday (July 12, 2026), taking the death toll in the tragedy to nine , officials said.
Meanwhile, a senior official at the waste-processing plant described the July 8 incident as an "act of God".
The three-storey administrative building of a Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant run by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation at Moshi in Pune district collapsed after the adjacent mound of garbage fell onto the structure like a landslide.
The body of Waman Kasbe, the last missing person, was recovered from the rubble in the wee hours of Sunday, raising the death toll to nine, while 14 persons have been rescued, officials said.
The search operation was later called off.
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