SEVEN persons were killed and seven others were injured after a landslide struck Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area early on Wednesday following heavy rains, civic officials said. The deceased included three children in the age group of two to 14 years. The landslide was reported at Gaushiya Chawl (row tenement) in the Ashok Nagar locality of Chira g Nagar at 3.48 am, they said. A portion of soil and debris from the hillside collapsed onto two to thre e houses, causing casualties and damage, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said. Seven persons were declared brought dead at the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, they said.

 

The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Samir Ansari (14), Sahil Husen Abdul Kazi (19), an unidentified person aged around 45, Aban Arif Shaikh (2), Manat Arif Shaikh (4), Marjin a Arif Shaikh (27) and Viket Ramesh Yadav (27), a civic official said. Three injured persons -- Faran a Dilber Khan (28), Dilber Amnulla Khan (38) and Shamin Muslim Khan (26) -- were admitted to Rajawadi Hospital, where their condition was reported to be stable, the official said. Four other injured persons, identified as Sohel Ansari (18), Mohammad Ansari (14), Naimuddhin Eqbal Khan (28) and Sajid Ansari (16), were admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital in Kurla. Their condition is also stable. Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde visited the spot to supervise the rescue operation. She also met the affected families and offered them support.