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Mumbai residents refuse to leave unsafe buildings

Lax law also prevents evicting them, say housing officials

Published Thu, Sep 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Mumbai

    After two days of incessant monsoon rain, Mohammad Altaf had come out of his home in Mumbai for a cigarette when he heard a terrifying crash, followed by a huge swirl of dust.

    The six-storey Husainee building where he lived collapsed on Aug 31, trapping nearly 50 people. Thirty- four of them were killed, including a newborn baby.

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