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Five persons of Bantwal origin among 12 killed in Thane building collapse


Mangalore Today News Network /Rons Bantwal

Mumbai, Aug 04, 2015: Five among the 12 persons who died in the tragic  building collapse  in  Thane late night  on August 3, Monday are said to be hailing from Bantwal.

 

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The five members of a family having its  roots in Bantwal, were residing in this building since four decades. The deceased have been identified as Ramachandra Panduranga Bhat (62), Meera Panduranga Bhat (58), Subraya (Subhash) Bhat (56), Ruchitha Bhat (25) and Rashmi Ramachandra Bhat (25). The ancestral house of the family is located behind the Shree Venkatramana Temple at Bantwal in the past.

The half century old three-storied building named Krishna Nivas  was dilapidated and in a dangerous state and the noticed served to the building owner by the Thane Municipal Corporation  to vacate  had served no purpose, resulting in the tragedy, say locals.