2013 Thane building collapse

2013 Thane building collapse

Date	4 April 2013 (2013-04-04)
Location	Shil Phata, Mumbra, Thane, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates	19°08′46″N 73°02′38″E / 19.146°N 73.044°E / 19.146; 73.044Coordinates: 19°08′46″N 73°02′38″E / 19.146°N 73.044°E / 19.146; 73.044 Shil Phata, Mumbra, Mumbai Location of Mumbra within Mumbai
Deaths	74 total 18 children, 23 women, 33 men
Non-fatal injuries	60 – 62 total 36 admitted to hospitals
Suspect(s)	Jamil Qureshi, builder Salim Shaikh, builder Deepak Chavan, Deputy Commissioner Babasaheb Andhale, Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kiran Madke, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) clerk Hira Patil, NCP corporator Jehangir Sayyed, Head constable, Diaghar Jabbar Patel, real estate agent Afroz Alam Ansari, building material supplier Farooq Abdul Latif Chapra, "fake architect" Rafiq Dawood Kamdar, middleman / bribery Subash Rawal, TMC Executive Engineer Ramesh Inamdar, TMC Deputy Engineer Shyam Thorbole, Assistant Municipal Commissioner Hadisulla Rakbulla Choudhary, partner of the developer
Charges	Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and dereliction of duty.

19°08′46″N 73°02′38″E / 19.146°N 73.044°E / 19.146; 73.044Coordinates: 19°08′46″N 73°02′38″E / 19.146°N 73.044°E / 19.146; 73.044

On 4 April 2013, a building collapsed on tribal land in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane in Maharashtra, India. It has been called the worst building collapse in the area. Seventy-four people died, including 18 children, 23 women, and 33 men, while more than 100 people survived. The search for additional survivors ended on 6 April 2013.

The building was under construction and did not have an occupancy certificate for its 100 to 150 low- to middle-income residents. Living in the building were the site construction workers and families. It was reported that the building was illegally constructed because standard practices were not followed for safe, lawful construction; land acquisition and resident occupancy.

By 11 April, a total of 15 suspects were arrested including builders, engineers, municipal officials and other responsible parties. Governmental records indicate that there were two orders to manage the number of illegal buildings in the area: a 2005 Maharashtra state order to use remote sensing and a 2010 Bombay High Court order. There were also complaints made to state and municipal officials.