Earlier this month, in view of the upcoming monsoon season, the BMC had also released a list of 188 dangerous, dilapidated buildings

The BMC released the list of 188 residential buildings that are in a "very dangerous" and "dilapidated" state

The Mumbai civic body has appealed to people living in such structures to move to safer places as a precautionary measure

Of the 188 buildings on the list, the highest 114 structures are in the western suburbs, followed by the eastern suburbs with 47 and 27 in the island city, a BMC release said

The buildings have been declared 'very dangerous and dilapidated' under section 354 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, it said

While appealing to people to vacate these dilapidated buildings, the civic body has also asked concerned authorities who own these buildings to take necessary steps before monsoon