Four years after Sunarul Molla alias Salim lost his four brothers in the Kamthipura building collapse of 2016, he is still waiting for the compensation of R5lakh that the state government had promised to him. Gulmohar building, a ground-plus-three storey structure in the 14th lane, Kamathipura, collapsed around 2 pm on April 30, 2016, killing four people and injuring two others.

In a letter dated May 13, 2015, the BMC had cautioned MHADA that the fateful building, among others, was dilapidated. It had also asked it to carry out an inspection and take necessary measures before the monsoon. The 90-year-old building (no 12A) was a cessed building and was being repaired by MHADA when it collapsed. Sunarul, along with his deceased brothers – Sarful, 33, Samirul, Mistar, 16, and Jabarul, 14 – worked as labourers at construction sites and lived together in Gulmohar. On the day of the incident though, Sunarul, now 33, was at his native place in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Rahul Mullick (now 19), another resident of the building and a friend of the Mullah brothers, had stepped out of home at the time.