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Mumbai: Strict civic action helps prevent grave tragedy

UMC had insisted on residents vacating dilapidated buildings in May; part of one such building fell on Thursday

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A wing of Dwarka Dham that collapsed on Thursday. Pic/Navneet Barhate

A wing of Dwarka Dham that collapsed on Thursday. Pic/Navneet Barhate

The prompt action of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, after a mid-day report in May helped prevent a tragedy, when part of a dilapidated building collapsed on Thursday evening. The UMC had sent notices to occupants of Dwarka Dham, a building in Ramayan Nagar that had 66 flats and shops, to vacate the dilapidated building. 

mid-day had reported how people could not afford alternative accommodation, but UMC had put its foot down, getting everyone to vacate it. On Thursday, a wing of the building collapsed, trapping a watchman's family that stayed in the basement. They were rescued.

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