<p class="title">The parking lot and the driveway of a posh high-rise building at the Antop Hill-Wadala area caved in on Monday following heavy rains.</p>.<div><p>Around a dozen cars and SUVs were struck in the debris after the parking lot of Lloyd’s Estate collapsed and formed a huge crater of more than 20 to 30 feet near the Vidyalankar College.</p><p>Adjacent to the building, Dosti Realty, a real estate company, is constructing a 40-storey building and the plinth work was on. The firm has also put up a cement mixing plant and water was regularly oozing which led to the choking of a nearby drain.</p><p>There are fears that some construction workers who had hutments in the site could be trapped.</p><p>“The police and fire brigade staff are on the job, we are not negating that possibility," said local MP Rahul Shewale said.</p><p>The C and D towers of the Lloyd’s Estate (also known as Wadala Heights Cooperative Housing Society) has been affected. Nearly 270 to 300 people living in these two buildings had to be evacuated.</p><p>Residents woke up around 4 am hearing a loud sound and during dawn discovered the breach. "It was like a thunder, explosion," a resident said describing the incident.</p><p>The BMC and Mumbai Police were informed about the incident and they immediately rushed to the spot to assess the damage.</p><p>Later, the Antop Hill police station registered a case against the builder and corporation officials.</p><p>As a precautionary measure, residents of the two wings have been asked to evacuate their flats.</p><p>The Wadala Heights in a statement said: “We have witnessed the significant sinking of our stilt area for more than a year because of the piling work.”</p><p>Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam demanded strict action against the officials for the tragedy. “It is because of a nexus between corporation officials and builders...The commissioner needs to be immediately removed,” he said.</p></div>
<p class="title">The parking lot and the driveway of a posh high-rise building at the Antop Hill-Wadala area caved in on Monday following heavy rains.</p>.<div><p>Around a dozen cars and SUVs were struck in the debris after the parking lot of Lloyd’s Estate collapsed and formed a huge crater of more than 20 to 30 feet near the Vidyalankar College.</p><p>Adjacent to the building, Dosti Realty, a real estate company, is constructing a 40-storey building and the plinth work was on. The firm has also put up a cement mixing plant and water was regularly oozing which led to the choking of a nearby drain.</p><p>There are fears that some construction workers who had hutments in the site could be trapped.</p><p>“The police and fire brigade staff are on the job, we are not negating that possibility," said local MP Rahul Shewale said.</p><p>The C and D towers of the Lloyd’s Estate (also known as Wadala Heights Cooperative Housing Society) has been affected. Nearly 270 to 300 people living in these two buildings had to be evacuated.</p><p>Residents woke up around 4 am hearing a loud sound and during dawn discovered the breach. "It was like a thunder, explosion," a resident said describing the incident.</p><p>The BMC and Mumbai Police were informed about the incident and they immediately rushed to the spot to assess the damage.</p><p>Later, the Antop Hill police station registered a case against the builder and corporation officials.</p><p>As a precautionary measure, residents of the two wings have been asked to evacuate their flats.</p><p>The Wadala Heights in a statement said: “We have witnessed the significant sinking of our stilt area for more than a year because of the piling work.”</p><p>Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam demanded strict action against the officials for the tragedy. “It is because of a nexus between corporation officials and builders...The commissioner needs to be immediately removed,” he said.</p></div>