18:19 (IST) May 14
Konkan districts likely to experience thundershowers, gusty winds at isolated places
18:08 (IST) May 14
Weather body forecasts gusty winds at 40-50 kmph in parts of Mumbai during next 3-4 days
Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and moderate spells of rain with gusty winds at 40-50 kmph likely to occur in parts of Mumbai during the next 3-4 hours, forecasts IMD Mumbai.
15:59 (IST) May 14
Autopsy of all 14 bodies carried out, 12 handed over
The autopsy of all 14 bodies has been completed, out of which 12 have been handed over. The 14th autopsy was carried out at Sion Hospital.
15:23 (IST) May 14
Hoarding company director Bhavesh Bhinde booked for 14 deaths; absconding accused faces previous charges
Pant nagar police have booked the hoarding company director Bhavesh Bhinde and three of its unknown staffer for May 13 incident in which 14 people lost their life and many others injured when a huge illegal hoarding fell off due to gusty winds and heavy rains.According to Mumbai Police, a case at the Pant Nagar Police Station has been registered against accused Bhavesh Bhide and others, under sections 304, 337, 338 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); the Mumbai Police has also started looking for Bhinde who is absconding. Bhavesh Bhinde, 51, the director of Ego Media Pvt Ltd (hoarding board owner) who has been booked responsible for 14 deaths was booked by Mulund police last year in a rape case. Bhinde’s girlfriend had lodged that Bhinde under promise of marriage had sexually exploited her. Police have filed the chargesheet and case is pending trial.
14:36 (IST) May 14
Mumbai hoarding collapse: DDM asked GRP to remove the remaining three hoardings
District Disaster Management Authority has asked the GRP to remove the remaining three hoardings immediately to prevent any calamity.
14:34 (IST) May 14
The wind speed at Ghatkopar where the hoarding crashed on Monday evening was 96 kmph said IMD.
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14:33 (IST) May 14
A day after a hoarding collapse at Ghatkopar killed 14 people , the Government Railway Police (GRP) released a press statement which said that they had started the process of removal of hoardings but the collapse occurred before the process could be completed. The statement said that the process had begun after the BMC sent them a letter last week to get the hoardings removed following complaints.The BPCL petrol pump and the hoardings were managed by the Railway Police Welfare Fund Association since 2021.
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13:49 (IST) May 14
RTI activist urges Mumbai police and state government to take action on hoarding collapse; calls for security audit and stringent permissions
RTI activist Anil Galgali said the GRP is equally responsible for the tragedy (hoarding collapse) and the Mumbai Police and the state government must take action against officers concerned. Galgali demanded a security audit of existing hoardings and said that bodies such as GRP, Mhada, MMRDA, BPT etc., must ensure that BMC permission is taken before any hoarding is erected
13:47 (IST) May 14
'It was not just a tragic incident, but murder,' said Guardian minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Guardian minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha visited Rajawadi Hospital where the injured from the billboard collapse incident are admitted. He said it was not just a tragic incident, but murder. “Negligence of persons who did not follow NOC is to be blamed…Certainly the negligence of the person who gave the NOC for the billboard. And bigger negligence from people who have not followed the terms and conditions of the NOC. And constructed it without the proper structural audit,” he said. “It is the lust for the money at any cost that has caused this incident,” he said.
13:28 (IST) May 14
Mumbai hoarding collapse: GRP reveals BMC warning and rental agreement details
A day after a hoarding collapse at Ghatkopar killed 14 people, GRP put out a press statement which said that the BMC had sent them a letter last week to get the hoardings removed following complaints. GRP has claimed that they had started the process, but the hoardings collapsed before the completion of the process.
The BPCL petrol pump and the hoardings were managed by the Railway Police Welfare Fund Association. The permission for erecting the hoardings was given to Ego Media Pvt Ltd under then GRP commissioner Quaiser Khalid on a rental basis for a period of 10 years, the statement said
13:27 (IST) May 14
Mumbai hoarding collapse: 44 people admitted to hospital and 31 discharged after treatment
The state disaster management authority, Maharashtra said that, 44 people have been admitted to the hospital and 31 have been discharged after treatment. The death toll remains 14.
13:25 (IST) May 14
Mumbai hoarding collapse: 44 people admitted to hospital and 31 discharged after treatment
The state disaster management authority, Maharashtra said that, 44 people have been admitted to the hospital and 31 have been discharged after treatment. The death toll remains 14. NDRF, Ambulance, Fire team and Ambulance are carrying out rescue operation.
10:47 (IST) May 14
Mumbai Police search for missing hoarding owner Bhavesh Bhinde
A search has been underway by Mumbai Police at the residence of hoarding owner Bhavesh Bhinde in Mulund since last night. However, authorities said that he is missing. Police teams are deployed to locate him, as his mobile phone remains switched off, according to an officer.
10:08 (IST) May 14
The tragic incident in Ghatkopar, where a hoarding collapse claimed fourteen lives, was not an isolated case of illegal construction in the vicinity.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) discovered that Ego Media Pvt Ltd, the advertising agency responsible for the Ghatkopar hoarding, had erected eight additional hoardings in the area without obtaining the necessary permissions from the civic body.
The BMC issued a notice to Ego Media Pvt Ltd, instructing them to demolish the unauthorized hoardings. It was revealed that the land parcels on which these hoardings were illegally erected are registered under the ownership of the Home Department and the Maharashtra State Police Housing Welfare Corporation, violating Section 328 of the BMC Act, 1888.
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09:06 (IST) May 14
Mumbai hoarding collapse: NDRF assistant commandant Nikhil Mudholkar said
"A total of 88 people were rescued, of whom 14 were declared dead by doctors and 31 were discharged. The problem is that we are unable to use our gasoline-based cutting equipment because there is a petrol pump here. Two NDRF teams are present here.”
08:38 (IST) May 14
NEW DELHI: Bhavesh Bhide, the owner of a hoarding company and the advertising agency responsible for the illegal hoarding that collapsed in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, resulting in the death of fourteen people.The incident occurred during a dust storm and rain, with winds reaching 60 kmph. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reported 88 victims, with 74 rescued and injured. At the time of the collapse, approximately 150 vehicles were present at the petrol pump.Bhavesh Bhide: What we know so far
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06:57 (IST) May 14
The death toll in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident has risen to 14.
The death toll in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident has risen to 14. There were a total of 88 victims, out of which 74 were rescued injured: NDRF
05:58 (IST) May 14
Mumbai hoarding collapse: Cops register FIR
Mumbai Police registered a case against the owner of Ego Media and others after a hoarding collapsed on a petrol pump in Ghatkopar area on Monday, killing eight persons, an official said.
The owner, Bhavesh Bhinde, and others were booked under sections 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 337 (causing hurt to another person by acting rashly or negligently) of the Indian Penal Code.
The case has been registered at Pantnagar police station and the investigation is underway, he said.
At least eight persons were killed and over 70 others injured when the 100-foot tall billboard fell on the petrol pump at the Cheddanagar Junction amid gusty wind and rain, officials said.
According to civic officials, the billboard was illegal and no permission was taken to install it.
05:46 (IST) May 14
Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident: 8 bodies had already been removed, 4 more bodies are still buried inside the debris
An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to find any survivors after the signage collapsed at a petrol station in the city's east, trapping dozens of people underneath.
Eight bodies had already been removed from the wreckage, Gaurav Chauhan, an inspector with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), said.
Four more bodies are still buried inside the debris, he added.
05:32 (IST) May 14
Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident: Toll rises to 12
The death toll in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident rises to 12. A total of 43 injured, including 1 critical, are still under treatment. 31 injured have been discharged: BMC
05:21 (IST) May 14
Storms pummel Mumbai
Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds ripped through Mumbai, the financial capital of India, on Monday, killing at least eight people, uprooting trees and causing power outages in many parts of the city, officials said.The deaths were caused by a large billboard that toppled onto a crowd of people seeking shelter, a local official said.Rescue workers from national disaster force and local police officers were called in to help free dozens of people trapped in the rubble, in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar. Video on social media showed the billboard shaking in the storm before falling.
04:18 (IST) May 14
Dozens still trapper underneath
As per reports by AFP, twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in Mumbai. An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to find any survivors after the signage collapsed at a petrol station in the city's east, trapping dozens of people underneath.
01:43 (IST) May 14
Mamata expresses grief over deaths in Mumbai hoarding collapse
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed grief over the death of several people due to the fall of a massive billboard in a dust storm in Mumbai.
She extended her condolences to the next of kin of the deceased in the accident.
"Sad to know that several people have died and many more trapped and injured in a massive billboard accident in Mumbai today evening, when the hoarding fell in a dust storm," Banerjee said on X.
"My sincere condolences to the next of kin of the dead, and solidarity to the struggling survivors," she added.
The 100-foot tall billboard, which was illegal according to civic officials, uprooted and fell on a petrol pump at the Cheddanagar Junction in Ghatkopar, killing eight people and injuring 70 others.
The unseasonal rain and dust storms led to the suspension of flight operations at Mumbai airport for an hour in the evening due to low visibility, services of local trains were delayed while traffic snarls were seen in several areas.
01:36 (IST) May 14
Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident: Rescue operations are underway in Mumbai's Ghatkopar after a hoarding collapsed on a petrol pump.
NDRF Inspector Gaurav Chauhan says, "The incident was reported at around 5 pm. A huge advertising hoarding fell on a petrol pump. Around 65 people have been rescued. NDRF has rescued 3 people and located 4 dead bodies. We are unable to use hydraulic and gasoline equipment to avoid any fire incident. We are using cranes to remove the debris. NDRF has rescued 3 victims, before that 65 had been rescued. The rescue operations will continue till the morning..."
01:32 (IST) May 14
Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident | Pant Nagar Police of Mumbai has registered a case against accused Bhavesh Bhide and others under sections 304,338,337 and 34 of IPC and started further investigation: Mumbai Police
00:13 (IST) May 14
BMC issues notice to ad agency for immediate removal of three other hoardings in Ghatkopar
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued a notice to an advertisem*nt agency on Monday after the Ghatkopar billboard collapse incident, asking it to immediately remove the remaining three hoardings near the spot, officials said.
The notice has been issued to M/s Ego Media for installing the hoarding that collapsed on the petrol pump during the gusty winds on Monday evening. According to police, eight persons were killed and more than 70 were injured in the incident.
"The BMC has asked the ad agency to remove the remaining three hoardings immediately for not having valid permission," an official said.
The Assistant Police Commissioner (Admin) had given permission for erecting the four hoardings on behalf of the Commissioner of Railway Police, Mumbai, including the one which collapsed on Monday, but no official permission or NOC was obtained from the BMC.
The official said the land on which the hoarding was erected is the Collector land and it was in possession of Police Housing Welfare Corporation of the Government of Maharashtra as per the property card records.
23:18 (IST) May 13
President Droupadi Murmu mourns the loss of lives in Mumbai hoarding collapse
23:10 (IST) May 13
Police case filed in hoarding collapse case
Regarding hoarding collapsed incident at petrol pump in Ghatkopar East cr no 353/2024, IPC 304,338,337,34 IPC has been registered against owner Bhavesh Bhide and others at Pantnagar police station . Pantnagar police station is investigating the case.
22:44 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: Hoarding contractor shares his insight on hoarding collapse
After inspecting the site, the hoarding contractor who has worked on several other sites explained, 'Typically, a hoarding of 40 feet in size would require a foundation depth of 12 feet. However, considering the scale of this structure, it's advisable for the foundation to extend to at least 20 feet
22:38 (IST) May 13
Thane businessman turns rescuer at Ghatkopar hoarding collapse site
Talking to PTI, Thane-based businessman Gupchandani, who is in his early 40s, said, "At the time of the incident, I was at the petrol pump to refuel my car, and out of nowhere, strong winds started gusting, and the hoarding fell on the petrol pump. People started running, and my friend and I luckily escaped unhurt. "Several people were trapped under the hoarding, and Gupchandani and his friend kept pulling them out and putting some victims in any available vehicle.
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22:37 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: Cab fares surge amid rains and dust storm
Those opting for the aggregator cabs to go from south Mumbai to suburbs got a surge price in fares which were 2-3 times higher than normal fare and cabs were stuck in jams on Eastern Express highway.
22:35 (IST) May 13
Family of one of the deceased explains what happened
Dattaram Ring, Neighbour of one of the deceased, says, " Bharat Rathore went for work in the morning...during rain in the evening, he went to petrol pump to fill petrol, he was standing in a side when the incident happened..."
22:25 (IST) May 13
A total of 19.28 mm rainfall was recorded from 4 pm to 6.30 pm in Thane
22:18 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: NDRF gives updates on rescue operations
NDRF assistant commandant Nikhil Mudholkar said "After we reached the spot, we took out four persons, who were alive and two bodies. We have got heavy hydraulic cutters to cut through the frames, as we cannot use gas cutters considering that fuel is stored. There are few more trapped and we are getting them out."
22:16 (IST) May 13
According to the preliminary assessment, the structure (hoarding) weighed 250 tons
22:12 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: Over 60 injured in Mumbai hoarding collapse; rescue operations on: Police
22:05 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: Local resident shares his grievance after hoarding collapse
Local resident Salim Pathan said, “In August 2023, I had submitted complaints to all government agencies, including BMC and Government Railway Police about the danger this illegal hoarding posed to citizens.”
21:55 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: 'Many complaints filed...but no action,' says former corporator and NCP member on hoarding collapse
Former corporator Rakhi Jadhav sad, “Pant nagar is located on a marshy land and there have been incident of road cave-in in the past. The question here is whether the contractor who has installed such a huge hoarding had gone deep to lay the foundation for such a huge structure? Many including my party workers and local residents had submitted complaints about this illegality but no action was taken to pull down this structure.”
21:53 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: Shiv Sena UBT candidate Sanjay Dina Patil, who was campaigning in the area, rushed to the site of hoarding collapse
Sanjay Dina Patil, on hearing about the hoarding collapse and injuries to several persons, blamed the civic corporation and state government for being 'responsible' for giving permission for such a huge hoarding, and demanded that the role of government officials should be probed and action taken, if there have been irregularities.
21:37 (IST) May 13
Mumbai weather news live: Eyewitness recall hoarding collapse horror
Eyewitness Swapnil Khupte tells ANI, "I was there when a big hoarding of some builder fell down, all the cars, bikes and people that were there got stuck. We helped people get out and somehow manage to escape."
21:30 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: BMC commissioner talks to reporters about ongoing rescue in hoarding collapse
Bhushan Gagrani, BMC Commissioner said, "We suspect 20-30 more people trapped under that hoarding which collapsed in Ghatkopar. A total of eight people died in the incident. Rescue is underway..."
21:14 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: 64 people have been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar
Bhushan Gagrani, BMC Commissioner said, "64 people have been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar. One is in critical condition and a total of four people have died in this incident."
21:02 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: Maharashtra CM speaks to reporters at the accident site
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde says, "...Rescuing the people is our priority. Government will take care of the treatment of those who are injured in the incident. Rs 5 lakh will be given to the family of those who have lost their lives. I have directed the concerned authorities to audit for all such hoardings in Mumbai..."
20:49 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: What Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said after visiting the site where a billboard collapsed in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar
“Many people have been rescued from under the debris; some deaths have taken place. There are chances that more people are still stuck, so rescue operation is being carried out. If negligence is found in the case, then the government will take strict action,' said the deputy CM.
20:42 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde arrived at the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident to take stock of the situation
Till now four people have died in the incident and the injured are under treatment. The NDRF team is present at the spot and the rescue is underway.
20:33 (IST) May 13
Atleast 4 people died and 59 people are injured after a hoarding fell at the Police Ground Petrol Pump, Eastern Express Highway, Pantnagar, Ghatkopar East. Search and rescue is in process, according to BMC statement. Till now 67 people have been rescued, says NDRF. The NDRF team is present at the spot and the rescue is underway.
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20:30 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: Deputy CM will shortly meet the affected people in the incident
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has cancelled his Lok Sabha campaign and public meeting in the Mulund area after the hoarding collapse incident at Ghatkop.
20:25 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis orders high level probe in hoarding collapse
"47 citizens have been evacuated so far in the hoarding collapse accident in Ghatkopar area. Departments like Mumbai Police, Municipal Corporation, Disaster Management are coordinating and efforts are being made to evacuate the trapped people on a war footing. The injured are being treated at Rajawadi Hospital and will be given all possible assistance. A high-level inquiry has been ordered into the incident," posted Fadnavis on X.
20:20 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: The NDRF team present at the spot and rescue underway
Till now 67 people have been rescued, says NDRF.
20:18 (IST) May 13
Mumbai Weather News Live: Power cuts witnessed in several parts of the city
Power cuts were witnessed in several parts of the city following the dust storm and rain, and this inconvenienced several residents, especially those who were unable to use lifts which faced continuous fluctuation in power.An official from Tata Power said, "Due to a snag at MSETCL's 220 kV bus at Kalwa, and owing to interconnecting transformer tripping at MSETCL Kalwa and Kharghar, there was a temporary power disruption today. The power supply has been immediately restored."
