Mumbai building collapse kills at least 17 people

A four-storey building in India's capital, Mumbai, has collapsed killing more than 17 people.
 
Rescuers have stepped up a desperate bid to find survivors buried under the rubble after saving about 28 people.

A Disaster Management Spokesman for Mumbai's Civic Administrative Body,Tanaji Kamble, said the building which is at least 40 years old, housed a nursing home on the ground floor and three to four families on each of the other floors.

He described the disaster as an eye-opener on poor construction standards in India.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA