In a recent man made tragedy, a seven floor building came crashing down in suburban Bombay. This happened essentially due to the shop owners allegedly tampering with the load bearing structure of the building in an attempt to increase their floor space of jewelery showroom.
The tragedy led to the death of 30 residents and left more than 20 grievously hurt. The death toll may increase as some of those injured lie comatose.
In Bombay, most of the buildings are co-operative societies where the ownership of the building is jointly held. Members carry out renovations and modifications to the structure without taking proper permissions and without doing mandatory structural stability test prior to their actions. They forget that they may be renovating their own homes but when the building comes crashing down, they too will meet the dust.
The need of the hour is for everyone to understand that 'We may have arrived on different ships, but we are in the same boat now" (quote from unknown source).
Wake up ye people of the city before it becomes your final sleep. Wake up ye local governments and other regulatory authorities before the city is reduced to a heap of rubble.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
This is the list of survey numbers issued by the collectors office for those affected by the recent forest land issue in Mumbai. -
Many of you will remember the Telgi Stamp Scam that happened in 2000-2003. It was hyped initially to be 60000 Crores. Later the CBI declar... -
The Makadwala Gang. What happens when the poorest of the poor want to borrow money? They often are illiterate, downtrodden, living on the ma...
No comments:
Post a Comment