Summary:
After protests from councillors, the mayor asked the SE to conduct structural stability of the building. But he had not mentioned the structural stability of the building. But the mayor asked him to get the structural stability test done by the next council meeting.“In the wake of general elections getting underway, the next council meeting may be delayed. The town planning committee which went through the report by the engineering wing has recommended cancellation of OC and D&O licence,” said town planning committee chairperson Shiny Mathew.At the corporation council meeting held on February 28, Sulaiman had submitted a report which stated that illegal extensions to the building had been made by the owner. KOCHI: City corporation authorities are dilly-dallying on cancelling the dangerous and offensive (D&O) licence and occupancy certificate (OC) of Paragon Towers , the footwear godown at Ernakulam South that caught fire last month.Though the town planning committee of the corporation had recommended cancellation of D&O licence and OC of the godown, corporation mayor Soumini Jain and the secretary didn’t include it in the agenda of the council meeting held on Monday.At the previous council meeting held on February 26, Jain asked superintendent engineer (SE) C M Sulaiman to conduct a structural stability test on the building.On Monday’s council meeting, Sulaiman said that the local body does not have structural engineers and so their services would have to be outsourced..