Overview
- A section of hillock above Gaushiya Chawl in Chirag Nagar collapsed early Wednesday, sending soil, boulders and an uprooted tree onto row tenements and burying multiple homes.
- Rescuers recovered a 28-year-old man on Thursday, bringing the confirmed death toll to eight and prompting officials to call off formal search-and-rescue operations.
- Seven injured people remain in civic hospitals in stable condition after being pulled from the rubble and treated at Rajawadi and Bhabha hospitals.
- Teams from the NDRF, Mumbai Fire Brigade, BMC, police and ambulance services carried out the work by hand because extremely narrow lanes blocked heavy machinery and slowed the operation.
- The BMC has provided temporary shelter and announced ex-gratia payments while officials face renewed criticism over pre-monsoon warnings and the lack of alternative housing or protective works for slope settlements.