At least 75 injured people were taken to hospitals following the accident.
Videos showed the giant hoarding billowing in the wind before it collapsed on houses and a fuel station next to a busy road in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar.
“Medical treatment is currently being provided to 44 injured individuals, with 31 already discharged after receiving treatment,” the city’s municipal corporation said in a post on social media platform X.Mr Gaurav Chauhan of the National Disaster Response Force told AFP that the billboard’s collapse on top of a petrol pump had complicated rescue efforts.
“This is not a disaster. If this hoarding would have been properly installed... these casualties would have not happened,” she said.
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