Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde has asked civic authorities to immediately shift the occupants of Bhiwandi's "most dangerous" buildings to transit camps.
The direction comes after nine persons, including four children and three women, were killed and 22 others injured when a residential building collapsed in Bhiwandi this morning amid heavy rains.
Shinde, who is Thane's Guardian Minister, visited the site of the building collapse and also met the injured at the hospital.
"I have directed the civic authorities to immediately shift the occupants of the most dangerous buildings in Bhiwandi to safer places and transit camps," Shinde told reporters.
"I spoke (Maharashtra) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the need to give compensation to the families of the deceased and the injured," said the PWD Minister.
