A day after a portion of Bhole Apartment at Khar collapsed on Tuesday, civic officials revealed that society committee members of the building were carrying out structural repair work on the stilts in the parking area, without required permission. Civic officials from H West ward started demolishing one of the three wings that had partially collapsed on Wednesday and said that they are planning to write to the Khar police asking them to initiate criminal action against the committee members of the building.

'BMC permission not taken'

As per the civic body's records, the five-storeyed building was constructed in 1976 and has three wings with 20 flats. Civic officials said that the contractor might have damaged a column while carrying out the repair work on the stilts in the parking area. "We came to know that the committee had appointed a contractor to do some plastering and repair work of the stilts. They didn't take any permission from the BMC which is required before carrying out structural repairs," said a senior civic official from H West.