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Voice 9, News Desk: A
woman was killed and 17 people were wounded when two building balconies
collapsed on them. A lady was killed and at least 17 others were injured when
two balconies on the first and second floors of a seven-story building fell on
them on Wednesday in Gujarat's Bhavnagar city, officials said.
The incident happened at about 11.50 a.m., according to Bhavnagar
Municipal Commissioner N. V. Upadhyay.
According to him, the dead, Hansaben Jamod, and other wounded people were standing on the ground level when the balcony slabs on the first and second floors of the Madhav Hill Complex on Takhteshwar Road caved in. The building's first, second, and bottom levels host a shopping complex, while the other floors are utilized for residential purposes, according to the police.
