After the school wall collapse in Kalyan last week, the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) wants to clear out all illegal constructions in the area, and have asked for police protection. The Bazarpeth police have, however, told KDMC to first make arrangements for sheltering the buffaloes and horses in the area first only after which protection will be given. There are three large buffalo shelters and four horse shelters in the area, housing around 700 animals.

Three residents of Kalyan died after a wall of the National Urdu School, opposite Durgadi Fort in Kalyan West, collapsed around midnight last Tuesday. The injured and dead were employees of a buffalo shelter situated nearby. Imtiaz Shaikh, one of the residents, said, "If a larger part of the wall had collapsed, our animals too would have died."