In a case of failing to practice what it preaches, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which is carrying out a structural audit across the city ahead of the monsoons and issuing notices to owners of various buildings to repair the structures, is putting the lives of its own employees at risk.

Red alert: Cracks on a beam and ceiling of the office and (right) repairs being carried out at the P-North ward assistant commissioner’s office. Pic/Ronak Savla