4 MCD Officers Face Warmth In Crackdown After Unlawful Excessive-Rise Constructing Collapse In Delhi Leaves 11 Useless | India Information
Delhi Constructing Collapse: The Municipal Company of Delhi has begun clamping down on unlawful high-rise constructions in unauthorised colonies and initiated strict motion towards erring officers after a constructing collapsed within the northeastern a part of town.
Eleven individuals, together with three kids, have been killed after a two-decade-old four-storey constructing collapsed in Shakti Vihar within the early hours of Saturday. The incident additionally left 11 individuals injured.
It was situated in an space which was a part of an unauthorised colony. A better look into the buildings of the world has revealed that a number of of them have been 5 to six-storey tall, which have been in violation of security norms.
“The moot level is how such huge unauthorised constructions mushroomed within the first place,” the civic physique mentioned in a press release, including the matter warranted an in depth inquiry.
MCD officers mentioned that in unauthorised colonies, constructing plans usually are not sanctioned and property homeowners proceed so as to add flooring with none concern for structural load or public security. The constructing that collapsed was mentioned to be previous and structurally weak.
The civic physique mentioned that it could pull down a property adjoining the collapsed constructing that had already been marked for demolition to keep away from additional dangers.
In response to the allegations of a breach of norms that got here to the fore following the constructing collapse, the civic physique kickstarted a survey to establish and seal equally harmful buildings within the space. To this point, 15 properties have been recognized for motion.
The civic physique has additionally initiated disciplinary measures towards its employees discovered responsible of negligence.
Officers mentioned {that a} junior engineer, who was posted within the space between March 2019 and August 2021 and confronted a number of disciplinary proceedings earlier, has been faraway from service.
Motion, together with dismissal or obligatory retirement, has been taken towards three extra officers, they mentioned. One other junior engineer, posted within the space since November 28, 2024, has been transferred to a different division to allow a good probe. A show-cause discover has been served to him.
The MCD careworn that the survey will proceed in Nehru Vihar and related densely populated neighbourhoods to establish buildings with 5 or extra flooring, whose structural integrity stays uncertain.
