Each year before monsoon, the civic body identifies dangerous buildings unfit for human habitation and asks the residents to move out so it can demolish the unstable structure. Most tenants, who have been living in these buildings for decades under the pagdi system, choose to stay put despite the risk
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has declared 524 buildings under its jurisdiction as dangerous after a detailed survey in the city limits, the civic body said today.
The move came after the Mumbai Fire Brigade had a tough time dousing a blaze which broke out on the 42nd floor of a 44-storey residential tower at Dadar (East) on January 26. Thus far, at least five companies have approached the civic body to present their technology.
About 56 buildings in Mumbai that were declared dangerous but whose redevelopment was stuck have got relief with the President of India signing the bill amending the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act 1976, said Chief Minister Mr Eknath Shinde on Friday.