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Second body recovered at Pune waste plant collapse
Telegraph India··12 Jul
The death toll in the Moshi waste processing unit collapse near Pune rose to two on Saturday after rescuers recovered a body identified as Akshay Sawant. Seven people remain trapped on the fourth day of operations. About eighteen workers were trapped when garbage fell onto a three-storey PCMC administrative building on Wednesday. More details may follow soon.
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What It Means For You
- If you live near municipal waste facilities, the Moshi collapse raises questions about structural safety when garbage heaps sit beside administrative buildings.
- Families of trapped workers face prolonged uncertainty as rescue teams work through heavy debris on the fourth day.
- Local civic accountability matters when industrial waste plants operate inside densely populated Pune suburbs.
What's Happening
- A body identified as Akshay Sawant was recovered on Saturday, raising the death toll to two at the PCMC waste-to-energy plant in Moshi.
- Seven people remain trapped under rubble after a three-storey administrative building collapsed when a garbage heap fell onto it on Wednesday.
- About fifteen excavators, including specialised demolition machines, are being used by NDRF and other agencies in the rescue.
Rescue at Moshi Plant
- Around eighteen individuals were initially trapped when the building collapsed after heavy rainfall in Pune.
- Seven victims were pulled out hours after the accident, and two more were rescued after midnight on Wednesday.
- Pimpri Chinchwad mayor Ravi Landge said three people were seen trapped inside and action would follow against those found guilty.
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