Six persons were killed and four others injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Mumbai’s Kurla area on Wednesday, The Hindu reported.

The landslide occurred around 3.48 am at Gaushiya Chawl in Kurla’s Chirag Nagar. A portion of soil and debris from the hillside collapsed onto two to three houses, The New Indian Express quoted an unidentified municipal official as saying.

Those who were killed in the landslide were identified as Mohammad Samir Ansari (14), Sahil Husen Abdul Kazi (19) Aban Arif Shaikh (2), Manat Arif Shaikh (4), Marjina Arif Shaikh (27). A middle aged man remains unidentified.

Four injured persons, Sohel Ansari (18), Mohammad Ansari (14), Naimuddhin Eqbal Khan (28) and Sajid Ansari (16), were admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital in Kurla, where their condition was reported to be stable, The New Indian Express reported.

Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawade announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 for each person injured in the incident.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said that it regularly warned residents in areas vulnerable to landslides and rockfalls to evacuate unsafe locations and issued notices as part of its pre-monsoon safety measures, The Hindu reported.

Two killed in Vile Parle fire

A two-year-old child and a woman were killed, while six others were injured, after a fire broke out on the 11th floor of a 12-storey building in Mumbai’s Vile Parle West on Tuesday night, ANI reported.

Abir (2) and Ankita (23) were declared dead at a hospital. Of the six injured, two have been discharged and the remaining four are also in a stable condition, ANI quoted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation as saying.

Fifteen persons who were trapped on the terrace due to the fire were also rescued, the news agency reported.

The fire was reported at around 10 pm and was brought under control by about 1 am. It was confined to electrical wiring and installations, an air conditioner, household articles, furniture, a false ceiling and kitchen utensils, covering an area of around 4,000 square feet.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Edited by Neerad Pandharipande.

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