Seven workers killed as lift collapses at building construction site in Thane's Balkum area

Seven people were killed when the construction lift in an under-construction 40-storey building collapsed on Sunday evening in Balkum area in Thane city of Maharashtra, officials said on Monday.

The Thane Municipal Corporation officials on Monday identified the deceased as Mahendra Chaupal (32), Rupesh Kumar Das (21), Haroon Shaikh (47), Mithlesh (35), Karidas (38) and Sunil Kumar Das (21). The seventh deceased has not been identified yet, the officials said.

Earlier, the reports had suggested that five people were killed in the incident.

#WATCH | Five people died, and a few were injured after a lift collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane: Thane Municipal Corporation pic.twitter.com/AuDiVms1aW

— ANI (@ANI) September 10, 2023

According to the officials, there were a total of seven labourers aboard the lift and all of them have been declared dead.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased in the incident.

“Shocking! The lift accident in Thane is very tragic. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the deceased who lost lives in this accident. Wishing speedy recovery to the injured ones,” Fadnavis said in a post on social media platform, X.

Shocking!
The lift accident in Thane is very tragic.
I express my deepest condolences to the families of the deceased who lost lives in this accident.
Wishing speedy recovery to the injured ones. https://t.co/xIRWwP6gBD

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) September 10, 2023

The lift of a 40-storey building in the Balkum area in Thane collapsed into the underground three-storey basement on Sunday evening.

According to the police, the incident happened between 5.30 and 6.45 in the building called Runwal Complex in Thane city. The waterproofing work was underway on the roof of the building, the police said.

The police said, according to the preliminary investigation, the accident occurred due to the breaking of the lift’s rope. The victim workers were coming down in the lift when the accident took place.

Further investigation is going on, the officials added.