Goa, July 13 -- The death toll in the garbage dump collapse at the Moshi waste depot in Pune's Pimpri-Chinchwad has risen to eight after rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven more victims from the damaged administrative building of the Waste-to-Energy project on Saturday. Rescue operations are continuing as one person remains missing.

The tragic incident occurred on Wednesday at around 1:30 pm when a massive mound of garbage collapsed onto the administrative building within the Moshi garbage depot, operated by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). A total of 23 people were trapped in the accident, including 22 who were inside the building and one who was buried beneath a garbage heap adjacent to the structure. Five peop...