New Delhi, July 6 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that compensation of Rs.4 lakh would be provided to the families of those who died when two to three shanties within a "ground-plus-three" structure collapsed in Janata Nagar, Mankhurd, State Minister Girish Mahajan said on Monday.

Six people, including four children and two adults, lost their lives in the incident amid heavy rains in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The Mumbai Police said the incident occurred at around 8:30 pm when a neighbouring building collapsed onto a hut in the jurisdiction of Mandala, Mankhurd Police Station, trapping several people under the debris.

According to the minister, search operations are contin...