Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Crane Collapse In Kandivali Damages Motorcycle, Raises Mumbai Safety Concerns
A crane at a building site in Kandivali suddenly fell on Wednesday night.
Part of it landed in a nearby residential area and damaged a motorcycle.
Nobody was reported hurt or trapped in this incident.
Police and firefighters came to check that the area was safe.
Officials do not yet know why the crane fell.
A similar crane accident happened in Kurla on August 21.
That accident hurt 10 people, although all were reported to be stable.
The recent incidents have led to concerns about safety at construction and demolition sites in Mumbai.
A section of a crane collapsed Wednesday night at an under-construction site in Sai Nagar, Kandivali West.
No injuries or people trapped under the debris were reported in the Kandivali incident, but a motorcycle was damaged.
Police and fire brigade personnel assessed the site; the cause of the collapse remains undetermined.
The incident followed an August 21 crane collapse in Kurla that injured 10 people and damaged railway equipment, huts, a wall and vehicles.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority fined the Kurla contractor ₹25 lakh and ordered compensation and treatment costs for those affected.
- Who
- A crane at an under-construction site; police and fire brigade personnel responded. The contractor involved in the earlier Kurla incident was M/s Total Construction Pvt Ltd.
- What
- A section of a crane collapsed in Kandivali, damaging a motorcycle; the article also reports a separate Kurla crane collapse that injured 10 people.
- When
- The Kandivali collapse occurred Wednesday night; the earlier Kurla incident occurred on August 21 at about 2 a.m.
- Where
- Sai Nagar, Kandivali West, Mumbai; the earlier incident occurred near Qureshi Nagar and Samrat Ashok Nagar in Kurla.
- Why
- The cause of the Kandivali collapse has not been ascertained. The Kurla crane was reportedly being used to lift a poklane machine during demolition of an abandoned HDIL building.
- Kandivali casualties
- No injuries or trapped people were reported so far.
- Kandivali damage
- A motorcycle was damaged by the fallen crane section.
- Earlier Kurla incident
- A crane collapsed on August 21, injuring 10 people.
- Kurla medical care
- Eight injured people were admitted to Sion Hospital and two to Kurla Bhabha Hospital; all were reported stable.
- MMRDA penalty
- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority imposed a ₹25 lakh fine on the Kurla contractor.
- Contractor responsibility
- M/s Total Construction Pvt Ltd was directed to bear treatment expenses and compensate victims for injuries and damage.
- Railway impact
- The Kurla crane struck railway overhead equipment, but passenger services were reportedly unaffected because the section was primarily a goods line.