Maharashtra: Cracks in 35-year-old building in Thane, 300 people evacuated
A four-storied building in Thane, Maharashtra, has developed cracks following which nearly 300 people residing in it were evacuated, a civic official said today. The Thane Municipal Corporation's emergency control room got a call yesterday night that a pillar on the second floor of the building located in Uthalsar area has developed cracks, the civic body's Regional Disaster Management Cell Chief Santosh Kadam said.
Building has been sealed, families temporarily relocated to vacant flats
Personnel of the civic body and fire brigade rushed to the site and evacuated members of 57 families living in the nearly 35-year-old residential structure. The building has been sealed and the families have been temporarily relocated to vacant flats at a housing complex in Thane's Bhayander Pada area. Assistant Municipal Commissioner Shankar Patole said the building was constructed in 1983.
