Overview

• NDRF, civic and fire teams have been clearing debris for more than 48 hours, with operations expected to conclude after final safety checks.
• Virar police arrested developer Nittal Gopinath Sane and filed cases under the MRTP Act and Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
• The four-storey Ramabai Apartment, built around 2011–12, collapsed onto a vacant chawl, with about 12 flats in one wing giving way during a child’s birthday gathering.
• The Vasai–Virar civic body evacuated neighbouring chawls and is housing displaced families at Chandansar Samajmandir with food, water and medical care.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced Rs 5 lakh for each bereaved family as probes focus on illegal construction, enforcement lapses and structural failure.