Pune garbage depot collapse toll rises to 9
Pune, July 13 -- The 83-hour search and rescue operation at Pune's Moshi garbage depot ended early Sunday after rescuers recovered the body of the last missing employee, taking the death toll in the garbage mound collapse to nine, officials said.
The ground-plus-two-storey building housing the administrative offices of a waste-to-energy plant at Moshi collapsed on Wednesday afternoon after a massive mound of legacy waste began sliding onto the structure at around 1.30 pm.
The deceased employee was identified as Waman Kasbe. His body was recovered around 1 am on Sunday and taken to Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) in Pimpri.
The Moshi facility is a waste-to-energy plant operated by a private firm under an agreement with the Pimpr...
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