Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed grief over the death of six persons in a chawl collapse in Mumbai's Mankhurd area and announced an ex gratia of ₹5 lakh each for the kin of the deceased.
The three-storey chawl (row tenement) collapsed on Sunday night in the Mandala locality following heavy rains.
Fadnavis, in a post on X, paid tribute to the victims and said the state government shared the grief of the bereaved families.
The financial assistance of ₹5 lakh will be given to the legal heirs of each of the deceased.
Two to three tenements forming part of the three-storey structure caved in at around 8.30 pm on Sunday, officials earlier said.
