Hours after Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde informed the legislature about a new framework for the redevelopment of buildings operating under the pagadi system, part of a slab collapsed on the second floor of Kotak Bhavan, a dilapidated pagadi building in Masjid Bunder, killing one and severely injuring two, on Thursday night.

While the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) had declared 935 buildings dilapidated in this year’s pre-monsoon audit, Pagadi Ekta Sangh President, Mukesh Shah, said, “Thousands of buildings in the city have not been audited by any authority. If these structures aren’t audited, how can anyone declare what condition they are in?” According to the data available, eight deaths and 33 major injuries occurred due to full or partial collapses of these buildings from 2021 to August 2025.