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Eyewitnesses said the building collapsed "like a pack of cards", as Rajini Vaidyanathan reports
At least 35 people have died, including 11 children, after a building under construction collapsed near the Indian city of Mumbai, police say.
Dozens have been injured and many others are feared trapped beneath the seven-storey building in Thane.
Police said the block was an illegal construction and building work was still going on even though four floors were already occupied.
Building collapses are common with poor construction practices often blamed.
The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan in Mumbai says a growing population and a lack of space has seen an increase in the number of high rises, but many builders fail to take sufficient safety precautions, or obtain proper permission to build.
Sameer Hashmi Mumbai business reporter
The building collapse underlines the issue of illegal construction in India.
Police say the builder of the high rise used sub-standard construction material and did not possess an occupation certificate.
There are hundreds of similar illegal high rises in the Mumbai region. Due to a high population growth, there is always demand for cheap housing. And homes in illegal buildings sell at a lower price compared to those in legal ones.
Activists also allege that unscrupulous builders often pay hefty bribes to authorities who turn a blind eye to these illegal structures and do not take any action against the builders.
A police official in Thane, Maharashtra state, said a section of the building collapsed on Thursday evening, bringing the entire structure down.
Rescue efforts continued throughout the night.
It is not yet clear what caused the collapse, but police inspector Digamber Jangale told the BBC it appeared to be due to the use of substandard building material.
At least four floors of the building had been completed and were occupied. Workers had finished three more floors and were adding an eighth floor when it collapsed, Mr Jangale said.
Most of the victims were construction workers who were staying in the building, he added. At least 69 people were injured.
Police said a case had been registered and an inquiry had begun and that they were searching for the builders to arrest them.
One witness, named only as Ramlal, said the building appeared to tilt before quickly collapsing.
"The building collapsed like a pack of cards within three to four seconds," he said.
In December, at least 13 people died when part of a half-constructed building collapsed in the Wagholi area of Maharashtra.
Last September, at least six people were killed when a building collapsed in Pune city in Maharashtra.
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