Road and adjoining plot caves in at Chandivali, no one injured

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Due to heavy rainfall in the city, a road in Sangharsh Nagar, Chandivali caved in at around 1 am on Tuesday. Civic officials said that more than 1000 residents of the SRA tenements who lived nearby were evacuated an hour before the incident and no injuries were reported.

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Civic officials said that the cracks started to appear at around 11 pm. "As a precautionary measure, we evacuated two of the buildings and several shops that seemed to be in a risky position," said Manish Valaniu, assistant municipal commissioner of L ward. He added that apart from the internal road, the adjoining private plot which belongs to Shahpoorji Palonji developers has also caved in along with a compound wall that separated the road from the plot.

Fire officials visited the spot on Monday night. Valaniu said that though they had evacuated the two buildings last night, some people moved back inside on Tuesday. "Currently, the police and civic officials are trying to evacuate the people. We will then move them into the Sangharsh Nagar Municipal School until it is safe for them to move back in," he said.

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