Three labourers killed, three injured in slab collapse at under-construction building in Mumbai

Three labourers were killed and as many injured after a portion of a slab at an under-construction building collapsed here on Thursday, civic officials said. The incident occurred around 12.10 pm at Govind Nagar of Malad (East) in the western suburbs of Mumbai. A portion of the 20th-floor slab of the 23-storey Navjeevan building collapsed, said an official. The high-rise is being constructed on Haji Bapu Road as a saleable wing of an SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) project by Right Channel Private Limited, a senior civic official said. Two purported videos of the incident surfaced on social media. In one of the clips, a labourer can be seen plunging on construction material on the ground and a few people trying to lift him. The second video shows some people visibly shaken apparently after a narrow escape.