Rescuers have so far pulled 13 bodies from the residential building that crumbled mid-afternoon on Saturday while poorly paid daily-wage labourers were working on the site in a coastal village in the tourist state of Goa.
A senior officer overseeing the rescue told AFP some 15-20 people are feared still buried under the debris but the chances of finding anyone alive were "getting bleak" as time passes.
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