Unsafe buildings on shaky ground

Ludhiana | Friday | 20th July, 2018

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Out of these, some buildings can be repaired, but most of buildings should be razed, sources said. He said the authorities should do something to save lives who are residing alongside such buildings. However, there are court cases pending between owners and tenants living in some of these buildings.The officials also cited congestion in areas where they cannot take JCB machines to dismantle unsafe structures. However, after that no survey was conducted in the city to check whether number of unsafe structures has increased or not.Now, they only depend on people to come and report if there is any unsafe building in their locality.Even this year, MC officials just served notices to owners of these buildings. Most of them were in the Old City area..