Overview

• Five people are in custody, including builder Nittal Gopinath Sane and four members of the late landowner’s family, with the case transferred to the crime branch.
• Police say the developer and plot owners ignored a 2020 civic repair notice, and records show VVCMC also issued audit notices in May without effective follow-up.
• Thane Municipal Corporation ordered the immediate evacuation of 37 C1-category buildings that still house 191 families, expanding preventive actions beyond Virar.
• Twenty-eight families from adjacent wings of the Ramabai complex were evacuated and shifted to a local hall, with officials providing essentials and planning structural audits.
• State relief and rehabilitation steps include ₹5 lakh ex-gratia to next of kin, MHADA’s promise of 60 temporary homes, a push for cluster redevelopment and SRA, and a minister’s pledge to raze 141 unauthorised buildings after the Ganpati festival.