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India building collapse deaths rise

2013-04-06 57 Dailymotion

PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />They're still pulling bodies from the rubble of a seven-storey building that collapsed in western India on Thursday.<br/> <br />By 0630 GMT on Saturday search and rescue teams in Thane city had found at least 72 bodies.<br/> <br />They expect to find more as they sift through the wreckage.<br/> <br />They're also finding survivors.<br/> <br />As time goes on the hope that many more will be found alive grows dimmer.<br/> <br />Local residents say the building was mainly occupied by labourers.<br/> <br />A shortage of cheap homes in India has ignited an illegal construction boom.<br/> <br />Often developers use substandard materials and shoddy construction methods so they can offer rock-bottom rents to low-paid workers.

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