Mumbai: Compound wall caves in in Ghatkopar housing

On Friday morning, 6th July 2018, the compound wall of a tower which is a housing complex in Ghatkopar (west) collapsed in such a way that it marked as the second incident in the city in 10 days. Thankfully no damage to life and property has been reported.

On 25th June, as we know report of the wall of a residential building in Wadala collapsed and buried six cars after heavy rains, forcing residents of 240 flats in the C and D wings of Lloyd Estate to vacate the building.

Similarly, a part of the ground and the compound wall of the upscale Kalpataru Aura complex on LBS Marg caved in.

Immediately, the fire brigade was sent to the spot.

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Since last October,  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) office have been sent complain as soon as the residents observed the cracks on the wall said the residents.

On Tuesday, 3rd July 2018, earlier this week, a society resident complained again about the cracks. “I complained to the local ward office that the cracks were due to scouring of the nearby nullah. After that, civic officials inspected the site and the local ward office forwarded the complaint to the storm water drains department. The department then issued a notice to the developer and architect for faulty construction of the compound wall,” said Jagdish Shetty, a resident.

As of now, only 50 metres of the compound wall has caved in but it won’t take much time for entire wall to collapse with in seconds, he added.

“I am not aware of the situation as of now, but if it is required that we reconstruct the wall, we will do it,” said the Kalpataru Group chairman Mofotraj Munot.

The response of local BMC officials and fire brigade officials at the site is awaited.

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