Building collapse: MCD begins crackdown on illegal high-rises

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has begun clamping down on illegal high-rise constructions in unauthorised colonies and initiated strict action against erring officials after a building collapsed in the northeastern part of the city.

- TDG NETWORK

Eleven people, including three children, were killed after a two-decade-old four-storey building collapsed in Shakti Vihar in the early hours of Saturday. The incident also left 11 persons injured.

It was located in an area which was part of an unauthorised colony. A closer look into the buildings of the area has revealed that several of them were five to six-storey tall, which were in violation of safety norms.

"The moot point is how such massive unauthorised constructions mushroomed in the first place," the civic body said in a statement, adding the matter warranted a detailed inquiry.