MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- A day after the rescue effort concluded at the site of the collapsed Ramabai Apartments, some residents milled around still in a daze while others hastened to vacate the building complex. These 28 families lived in an adjacent wing, their lives potentially at risk. Now, as a precautionary measure, they have been told to move out. Even as they hauled their belongings out of their homes - the civic body will soon conduct a structural audit of the building - residents are still processing the tragedy that hit on Tuesday night. After losing 17 neighbours in the mishap, they are scrambling to find shelter wherever they can. Sunil Therade is particularly distressed. A resident of the chawl adjacent to the collapsed building, he lost his home to the rescue effort. Since heavy-duty equipment and trucks couldn't access the site, the authorities knocked down his small home to facilitate access. "They told us they would break just one room, so we did not object as lives were at stake. But they demolished our entire house. I don't even have clothes to take with me. I've borrowed these from a friend," said Therade, pointing to a small plastic bag he was carrying. Mangesh Nar, 47, a resident of the adjacent wing in the Ramabai Apartment complex, was standing in the space outside the complex when the building came crashing down. "I saw the building crash and, as soon as the dust settled, we rushed towards the debris to help our neighbours. I could hear cries for help. Although I had also suffered injuries, I went to help but now no one is helping us," said Nar, whose family is among the 28 vacating the building complex. "VVCMC has not made any arrangements for us. Most of the affected families have nowhere to go. We will temporarily live with relatives or friends," said Nar. On Friday, the local authorities allowed the residents to enter the wing that is still standing to take their belongings. Some stuffed clothes and smaller items into sacks, while other hauled away furniture and other large items in pouring rain. Neighbours and volunteers helped them cart away their belongings and arrange transportation for them. Sanjay Herwade, additional commissioner, VVCMC, said the civic body had made arrangements for food and water for the evacuated families and is trying to get them to a public library for temporary shelter. "We have given the gold and other belongings of the 12 families (who lived in the wing that collapsed) after they were retrieved from the rubble," said Herwade. State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik visited the site on Friday and told the affected families he would ask for 60 flats from Mhada in Virar West as temporary housing for them....