At least 11 people were killed and some others believed to be trapped under rubble after a four-storey building in India's flood-hit city of Mumbai collapsed Tuesday, police said.
"The number of dead is now 11," said a police official who asked not to be identified. The official earlier said at least 20 people were believed to be trapped, but no clear figure had emerged by late Tuesday.
He said seven women were among the dead, as well as a child and three men.
Mumbai's chief fire officer, A.D. Jhandwal, told AFP that around 40 people had been rescued from the rubble.
"We have searched the rubble and till now no more bodies have been found," Jhandwal said.
The official earlier said that, according to eye-witness reports, the entire building collapsed at once before dawn when its residents were asleep.
Suresh Karande, a senior official of the housing authority of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, said the collapsed structure was almost 90 years old and had been repaired with state funds two years ago.
"The residents shall be provided with temporary quarters," he said.
Situated in Mumbai's south-central Nagpada suburb, the building had housed 22 families and a number of shops, police said.
Heavy machinery was brought in to lift rubble as rescue teams searched for survivors.
Local officials this week released data that about 19,000 high-rise buildings in South Mumbai are "old and dilapidated".
"We are going to look into the causes for the collapse and discuss with the concerned authorities how to tackle making dilapidated buildings safe for residents," state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh told television channels.
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