Residents and officials present at Ambedkar Nagar and Pimpripada in Kurar village blamed the wall collapse on shoddy work done by a contractor appointed by the BMC's hydraulic engineering department.

The boundary wall was constructed around three years ago to divide the forest land and the BMC water reservoir area. Priti Suryavanshi, a local, said, "We think that BMC has failed to construct a proper boundary wall and as its foundation was not up to the mark, it led to collapse. Also, they should have left bigger holes in the wall so that water coming from the hillocks does not accumulate on the other side of the wall. The BMC-appointed contractor left small holes in the wall which could not flush out the water."