#WadalaWallCollapse: HC asks IIT-B to form expert-team to suggest measures
Bombay HC today asked IIT-Bombay's director to set up an expert team comprising structural engineers and others to inspect the site of the recent wall collapse at Mumbai's Wadala and suggest remedial measures. A division bench of Justices AS Oka and Riyaz Chagla was hearing a petition filed by Dosti Blossom Society, challenging permission granted to Dosti Realty to construct high-rises in the area.
Wall's construction was causing damage to existing buildings: Lawyer
Society's lawyer Atul Damle said the construction was causing damage to the existing buildings in the area, including Dosti Blossom. Referring to the June 25 incident, in which the compound wall of Lloyd Building adjacent to the construction site of Dosti Realty collapsed, burying several cars in the debris, Damle demanded that the realty firm be asked not to carry out further construction.
Court scheduled the matter for hearing on July 6
The bench has posted the matter for further hearing on July 6 by when the Indian Institute of Technology team will have to submit its initial report. Lawyer of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Anil Sakhre had told the court a stop-work notice has already been issued to Dosti Realty, and only remedial work of backfill and concretization of the collapsed wall was on.
