On 10th June an illegally constructed 3-storey building in Mumbai’s Malwani area in Malad collapsed killing 12 people including 8 innocent children and injuring 7.
Ironically the builder who constructed the building lost his wife, brother, sister-in-law and their 6 kids. During the cyclone Tauktae last month the building had developed a fissure yet people were not vacated to a safe place. Because of the collapse a nearby 3-storey building is also in a precarious position.
The builder has been booked by the police for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. This is travesty of justice. He should have been booked for cold-blooded murder as the illegal building was the ‘murder weapon.’
What and where were the authorities and neighbouring building people doing when the illegal building was being constructed? The blame game has already started with the BMC and Collector’s office accusing each other for not having demolished the illegal building.
And as usual no one would be punished and the matter would be buried till the next building collapses. The rot runs deep, not only in Mumbai but in most Indian States.
