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Thane, Nov 19 (PTI) A section of a large excavation pit at an under-construction building site collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane city, civic officials said on Wednesday.

Nobody was injured in the incident that occurred around 11.30 pm on Tuesday at a project location of “Shri Lakshmi Narayan Enterprises near Mukund Society", said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation.

He said a portion of the pit, 40 feet long and 35-40 feet deep, caved in. For public safety, disaster management personnel have barricaded the affected zone, said Tadvi. PTI COR NR (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI )

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