A tragic case of sheer negligence

The tragic collapse of the building in Thane of Maharashtra has taken the toll of its 72 occupants. Several others were also injured . It is a case of sheer negligence by the Thane Municipal Corporation, police and government authorities. They did not take any safety measures for the occupants of the building. The building was constructed in the most hastily way by the builder, flouting all rules and regulations of building construction. The builder had not followed any by-laws laid down by the Thane Municipal Corporation. It was completed in seven months. The builder had also started constructing the eighth floor without vacating the occupants of the 7th floor despite the objection by the labourers and masons engaged for constructing the building illegally. The construction sector is booming in the entire nation and the municipal, government, police authorities and builders have hand-in glove to make money. The construction is the most flourishing business these days all over the country. Builders are in connivance with municipal authorities and police officials construct buildings illegally even on the land of other departments with sub-standard construction material but no authorities concerned ever paid any attention to the violation of the building by-laws. The Thane building collapse tragedy is the glaring example of how lives of the innocent are deliberately put in danger zone to make money. If there had been timely intervention by the municipal or police authorities in the illegal construction of the ill-fated seven-storey building, the 72 innocent lives would have been saved. The case of illegal building construction is not only of Thane in Maharashtra but this business of illegal construction of building is going on in full swing all over the nation also. Whenever a truck full of bricks is unloaded in any colony anywhere in the nation, a local beat constable reaches first to enquire who is carrying out construction of the building to fleece money from the builder and allow him to do all the illegal things to make money. More or less, this sorry state of affairs about building construction illegally prevails all over the nation. So, the tragic building collapse in Thane can be replicated anywhere if the state government, police and municipal corporation did not stop their malpractices and callousness. The mangled heap of steel and concrete at Lucky Compound in Shil Phata area of Thane shows how the builder ignored rules and safety measures while constructing the ill-fated building.