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 Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).
Most employees were in the first-floor canteen when the mound gave way. Five employees escaped as the building began to collapse. Of the 23 people trapped, 14 were rescued while nine lost their lives. "All those reported trapped have now been accounted for," a PCMC official said....
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