14-year-old girl dies despite NDRF’s best efforts

Sanchita Nalawade was trapped under the debris of the wall collapse in Malad on Tuesday

July 03, 2019 02:06 am | Updated 02:28 am IST

Valiant rescue operation

Mumbai: July 02, 2019: Torrental rain in Mumbai created havock on Tuesday. Huge wall collapsed in two places at Pimpripada in Kurar village of Malad East killing at least 14 people. NDRF and Mumbai Fire Brigade parsonnel working hard to retrive the bodies burried under the heavy wall. Fire brigade personnel are trying to free the girl, burried under wall. She was alive till the time the wall was cut and half of her body was visible. Finally she could not make it and succumb. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Mumbai: July 02, 2019: Torrental rain in Mumbai created havock on Tuesday. Huge wall collapsed in two places at Pimpripada in Kurar village of Malad East killing at least 14 people. NDRF and Mumbai Fire Brigade parsonnel working hard to retrive the bodies burried under the heavy wall. Fire brigade personnel are trying to free the girl, burried under wall. She was alive till the time the wall was cut and half of her body was visible. Finally she could not make it and succumb. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Mumbai: July 02, 2019: Torrental rain in Mumbai created havock on Tuesday. Huge wall collapsed in two places at Pimpripada in Kurar village of Malad East killing at least 14 people. NDRF and Mumbai Fire Brigade parsonnel working hard to retrive the bodies burried under the heavy wall. Here doctors are trying hard to keep the girl alive who was burried under the wall and breathing. Fire Brigade personnel cut the wall to rescue her but all effort went in vain and she died just before taking out under the wall. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Mumbai: July 02, 2019: Torrental rain in Mumbai created havock on Tuesday. Huge wall collapsed in two places at Pimpripada in Kurar village of Malad East killing at least 14 people. NDRF and Mumbai Fire Brigade parsonnel working hard to retrive the bodies burried under the heavy wall. Here doctors are trying hard to keep the girl alive who was burried under the wall and breathing. Fire Brigade personnel cut the wall to rescue her but all effort went in vain and she died just before taking out under the wall. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) try to rescue Sanchita Nalawade (14), who was trapped under the debris of a wall collapse in Malad on Tuesday. Sanchita’s leg was pinned under a slab and the NDRF personnel spent over two hours drilling through the slab to free her. Sanchita was given a saline drip for hydration and food to keep her nourished. She was ultimately pulled out of the debris, administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation and rushed to Shatabdi Hospital. However, she died while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Photos: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

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