Activist claims he repeatedly complained about the structure to various authorities after being hit by a falling brick while the house was under construction ten years ago
Activist claims he repeatedly complained about the structure to various authorities after being hit by a falling brick while the house was under construction ten years ago
Surjit Singh Bedi is in a position to say: "I told you so." But the activist doesn't want to, as he is horrified like any other Delhiite by yesterday's catastrophe in east Delhi. 
Surjit Singh Bedi (above) has filed complaints against illegal construction
of 140 buildings in the same area
Bedi, a table tennis coach, says he had filed his first complaint against the five-storey building in Laxmi Nagar ten years ago when it was under construction.
Bedi says over the years he has filed complaints with the MCD Commissioner, Delhi Police and other government departments. But no action was taken. And this led to scores of innocent lives being lost on Monday. Bedi has also filed 250 RTI pleas with many government departments about the now collapsed structure.u00a0
"I contacted each government agency to stop the illegal construction of this building but no one paid any heed. Police were threatening me as I was filing complaints again and again," alleged Bedi.
Bedi lives in East Vinod Nagar area. Ten years ago when the building was being constructed, he was passing right below it, when he was hit by a falling brick. It made him wonder how a five-storey building was being illegally constructed in the colony.
"In 1999, I filed my first complaint against the illegal construction of this building. I have filed around 1000 complaints so far but nothing has happened," he claimed showing copies of complaints lodged with Delhi Police and MCD.
Bedi says has filed complaints against 140 buildings that are illegal in the same area with concerned departments.
1999 When Surjit Singh Bedi filed his first complaint against the now collapsed building
1000 Approximate number of complaints Bedi has filed
140 Approximate number of illegal structures in the same area
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