Bldg collapses in Mumbai: 5 killed

"A portion of an under-construction building fell in the Andheri suburb of north Mumbai and the labourers who were working at the construction site were buried in the debris," A.D. Jhandwal, Mumbai's chief fire officer, told AFP.

He said a team of rescue workers pulled out 11 labourers from under the debris, of whom five were dead and the others injured.

Mumbai, a city of 15 million people, has seen half-a-dozen building collapses since record rains in August.

Police have launched an eviction drive against people living in dilapidated buildings in the city.