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Nerul Housing Block Evacuated After Fifth-Floor Slab Falls Into Flat Below

Officials have sealed the 30-year-old building pending a structural audit.

Overview

  • The Woodland Co-operative Housing Society in Nerul saw a fifth-floor slab collapse into a fourth-floor hall on Tuesday.
  • Fire crews and Navi Mumbai civic staff evacuated the block and reported no injuries.
  • Twenty-one families were moved to safer places, including a temporary site in Kuksheth, Sector 14.
  • Officials have sealed the building, begun clearing debris, and ordered a structural audit to decide when it is safe to return.
  • The cause is unknown, and residents say earlier ceiling falls in the 30-year-old block have stoked wider concern about upkeep of aging co-op housing.