The building was marked in the most dangerous category by MHADA. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

As long as six years ago, the BMC had predicted that the Hussaini building could collapse - in 2011-12, it was even listed in the C1 or 'most dangerous' category. Buildings listed in this category are supposed to be vacated immediately, but this did not happen. Activists have alleged that, instead, the building was quietly taken off the C1 list, even though no structural repairs had been made, and it had only become more perilous.