India, July 8 -- At least 16 people are feared trapped after a massive mound of garbage collapsed onto a three-storey building in Maharashtra's Pimpri Chinchwad on Wednesday, triggering a major rescue operation.

The incident occurred in Moshi, where the building served as the administrative office of a private company engaged in waste processing for the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

According to PCMC Commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi, the building was located beside a mountain-like pile of legacy waste. Preliminary findings suggest that continuous heavy rainfall loosened the garbage mound, causing it to slide onto the structure and bring it down.

Officials said around 16 employees are believed to have been inside the buil...