CM Nitish condoles death of 4 Bihar labourers in Thane lift collapse, announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia

Patna (Bihar) [India], September 11 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday expressed grief at the death of Bihar's four labourers in the lift collapse incident of a multi-storey building in the Balkum area of ​​Thane, Maharashtra and announced ex-gratia of Rs two lakh to the next of kin of each deceased. 
The lift of a 40-storey building in the Balkum area in Thane collapsed into the underground 3-storey basement on Sunday evening.
"The death of four labourers from the Samastipur district of Bihar in the lift collapse incident of a multi-storey building in the Balkum area of ​​Thane, Maharashtra is quite sad. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the workers killed in this incident. Instructions have been given to give ex-gratia grants of Rs 2 lakh each from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the families of the deceased labourers of Bihar," Bihar CM posted on X (Former Twitter). 
"The local commissioner of Bihar in Delhi has also been instructed to take stock of the situation and provide all possible assistance and make all appropriate arrangements to take the mortal remains of the deceased to their native villages," he said. 
The death toll in the lift collapse incident in Maharashtra's Thane rose to seven, the Thane Municipal Corporation said on Monday.
The deceased persons have been identified as Mahendra Chaupal (32), Rupesh Kumar Das (21), Haroon Shaikh (47), Mithlesh (35), Karidas (38) and Sunil Kumar Das (21). The seventh deceased has not been identified yet, the officials said.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased in the incident.
“Shocking! The lift accident in Thane is very tragic. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the deceased who lost their lives in this accident. Wishing a speedy recovery to the injured ones,” Fadnavis said in a post on the social media platform, X.
According to the police, the incident happened between 5.30 and 6.45 in the building called Runwal Complex in Thane city. The waterproofing work was underway on the roof of the building, the police said.
The police said according to the preliminary investigation the accident occurred due to the breaking of the lift’s rope. The victim workers were coming down in the lift when the accident happened. (ANI)