A portion of a building’s compound wall and an internal road caved-in in Wadala on Monday, allegedly due to ongoing construction work in a neighbouring plot, and damaged 11 cars. Antop Hill Police has registered an FIR against the builder.
Lloyd’s Estate is a prominent housing society consisting of nine buildings. Around 4 a.m. Monday, a section of the internal road and a portion of the compound wall in the parking area near Wadala Heights (one of the buildings) caved-in, leaving a large crater in the ground. The Fire Brigade was called. No casualty was reported.
Ajay Singh Rathod, a resident, said, “I heard a loud noise and I looked outside. To my horror, I saw the parking floor slowly slipping down with parked cars. I immediately warned all my neighbours and we evacuated the building.”
Two vehicles broke down due to water-logging at King's Circle in Mumbai on Monday.
More rains predicted
The IMD has predicted continuous rain or thundershowers with heavy to very heavy rainfall for Monday.
The next high tide is at 10.29 pm of 3.62 metres.
