Waste collection operations have been severely affected starting Thursday because vehicles could not enter the Moshi depot after a massive garbage mound collapsed onto the administrative building of the waste-to-energy plant on Wednesday.

A three-storey administrative building at PCMC's Waste-to-Energy plant in Moshi collapsed during heavy rain, with 15-16 workers feared trapped under the debris.

Around 15 people remain trapped after a waste mound collapsed and fell onto a three-storey building in the Moshi area of Pimpri Chinchwad on Wednesday following heavy rains,…