India, May 27 -- Wall collapses, tree falls, and a minor landslide followed heavy rains in the city on Monday. At 9.51am, a wall and a second-floor staircase of the Haji Kasam chawl building on Pitambar Lane, Mahim, collapsed. The building was old and in dire need of repair, cessed under MHADA, said locals. The fire brigade rescued two senior citizens trapped on the second floor.

At around 2pm, the hilly structure touching the back of Ruby Hills, another MHADA-cessed building on Ridge Road, , broke out. As the rocks spilt out on the road, the residents of the ground-plus-two-storeyed building safely evacuated. "The residents and shopkeepers are safe," said Sanjay Shirke, a shop owner who also owns a room in the building.

"Three resident...