Collapsed Mumbai Building Was Once Declared Unfit To Live In By Civic Body
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The building, constructed in 1973, was declared a dilapidated 'C1' category structure in 2016 by the BMC which meant it was unfit to live in.
The building in suburban Kurla which collapsed around midnight and claimed at least 18 lives had been declared as dilapidated once, but later it was removed from the category following a favourable structural audit report, a senior BMC official said on Tuesday.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will carry out a probe into how the building's classification changed, and who carried out the structural audit, said municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.
Mr Chahal was speaking to reporters after visiting the building, part of the Naik Nagar society, during the day.
The building, constructed in 1973, was declared a dilapidated 'C1' category structure in 2016 which meant it was unfit to live in.
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