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After Virar Collapse, Thane Orders Evacuation of 37 High-Risk Buildings

Police report five arrests in the Ramabai case, with MHADA preparing 60 Bolinj flats for families left without homes.

Palghar: Rescue operation underway after a four-storey unauthorised building collapsed onto adjacent vacant chawl, at Virar, in Palghar district, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. 15 dead, several injured in the incident. (PTI Photo) (PTI08_28_2025_000147A) (PTI)
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Neighbours and volunteers pitched in, helping them cart away their belongings and arranging transportation for them
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Overview

  • The Thane order targets 37 C1-category structures still housing 191 families across Naupada-Kopri, Uthalsar, Diva and Mumbra, according to civic data.
  • The probe has been handed to the Mira Bhayander–Vasai Virar crime branch, with the builder and four relatives of the landowner in custody.
  • VVCMC issued a notice in May seeking a structural audit of Ramabai Apartment but did not follow up, police and civic officials said.
  • Twenty-eight families from adjacent wings of the Ramabai complex have been evacuated as a precaution and remain without permanent shelter.
  • State leaders outlined next steps, including MHADA’s 60 temporary homes in Bolinj, plans to use Cluster Development and SRA tools, and a pledge to raze 141 unauthorised buildings after the Ganpati festival.