Left over debris was a paradise turning into nightmare of Tarique Garden, Mahad

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Left over debris was a paradise turning into nightmare of Tarique Garden, Mahad

5 storey building, a home of 45 families mainly NRIs, collapsed taking away lives of 16 people. A 6 year old building came down like pack of cards and changing beautiful homes of hopeful families into dust in few minutes.

As soon as Mr. Bimal Nathwani (presidential bravery Awardee) immediately a team was deputed from to Mahad for rescue operation under his leadership.

When the team  reached at the spot and joined the Task force along with the local authorities, NDRF, TDRF, CIDCO, Police Team all working together to make sure rescue maximum number of people.

The team worked so as to  reduce the fatality. The team's first task was to remove people from the debris without harming people who were trapped.

Our task was not just to recover people trapped inside but also make sure to recover as much as we can and our one dedicated team was also looking for active gas cyclinders to make sure to identify gas leakage. The team was also looking to recover any important documents, Holy books, etc, whjch maybe both useful in identifying the people both alive or dead.

Team of six experts was headed by 

Mr. Bimal Nathwani

Mr. Ayub Sighalkar 

Dr. Rahul Ghatwal

Dr. Nehaal Mayur

Mr. Rajesh Prabhakar

Mr. Arun Kunchikor 

This heartbreaking incident took llace around 6.40 pm on 24th August at Mahad and soon police was stationed at the location and Maharashtra fire Service  joined the action under the leadership of Mr.Parab and total rescue work took around 48 hours and dedicated agencies and authorities worked selflessly and put their best efforts to save as many peolle as possible.

 

The complete operation  was jointly carried by

Maharashtra Fire Service 

Police

NDRF

CIDCO 

TDRF

Our role as experts from various fields  was very different but we made sure to give  equal contributions as other authorities.

The whole experience left us with grave memories and painful marks. Our deepest  condolences to the  family who have been affected by this unwanted tragedy. While working we could not show our emotions nor could we sympathize for that would weaken us and that would affect our work. But we truly and deeply sympathize with all the families affected by this harsh tragedy.

Dr. Nehaal Mayur

International  Development Expert 

Policy Consultant

             Posted by Journalist Deepak buswala