After a declaration from its boss, the ruling party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Shiv Sena, approved compensation on Friday to those affected by the wall collapse at Malad. This is the first time the BMC is offering compensation. The kin of those who died will get Rs 5 lakh (for per person who died) and the injured will get Rs 50,000. But while this has been appreciated, the BMC is reluctant to have a policy for compensation to victims of open manholes, accidents due to potholes etc. It also doesn't want to increase compensation for death due to tree collapse. As per its only policy for compensations, the kin of those who die in tree fall incidents get Rs 1 lakh.

The state government had announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh after the Malad wall collapse on July 2, in which 31 slum dwellers were killed and over 100 were injured. Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray also announced Rs 5 lakh compensation from the BMC. The move was opposed by opposition parties due to interference from an outsider. The BMC administration tabled the compensation proposal for the Malad victims on Friday. As per the proposal, the kin of those killed in the incident will get Rs 5 lakh and those injured will get Rs 50,000.