12 killed in building collapse: Owner warned about cracks say residents

Residents of the Malwani slum at Mumbais Malad (West), where 12 people, including eight children, died in a building collapse, said that a week before the three-storey illegal structure collapsed late Wednesday, they had seen cracks in the structure and warned owner Rafiq Siddiqui but he had taken it lightly.

One part of the structure was built on a nullah.

The nullah is infested by rats that keep burrowing the ground making its foundation weaker.W week ago, the structure had bent and developed cracks.

We all warned Rafiq but he used some cement to fill the cracks.

They need to bring a SRA project over here or crack down on these illegal structures.