Mumbai, July 6 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed grief over the death of six persons in a chawl collapse in Mumbai's Mankhurd area and announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the kin of the deceased. The three-storey chawl (row tenement) collapsed on Sunday night in the Mandala locality following heavy rains. Fadnavis, in a post on X, paid tribute to the victims and said the state government shared the grief of the bereaved families.
He announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the legal heirs of each of the deceased. Two to three tenements forming part of the three-storey structure caved in at around 8.30 pm on Sunday, officials earlier said. Local BJP corporator Navnath Ban had said the structure collapsed onto an adjoining hut on the collector's land.
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