Raigad Building Collapse Update: After 4-Year-Old ‘Miracle Boy’, Woman Survives Mahad Building Crash

Miraculously, a woman survived the building crash that has killed 13 people so far in Maharashtra's Raigad district. Rescue workers pulled out Mehrunissa Abdul Hamid Kazi from the rubble of the five-storey building, Tarique Garden in Mahad. The building collapsed on the evening of August 24. Videos showed Kazi being carried out from the rubble by a group of rescuers. Kazi was trapped under the debris of concrete and steel for more than 25 hours. Earlier, a four-year-old, who was trapped in debris for more than 19 hours after the building collapsed, was rescued. NDRF Director-General Satya Narayan Pradhan called Mohammed a "miracle boy" after his safe rescue. Video shows the rescue officials bursting into cheers after the child was pulled out alive from the debris. The death toll in the building crash has reached 13 after nine more bodies were retrieved on August 25. More than 80 people have been rescued so far. Six people have been booked including the builder, the architect, the RCC consultant, the contractor, the then CEO of the civic body and the chief engineer. Maharashtra government announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs five lakh to the family of each person killed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was "saddened" by the incident.

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