Another abandoned century-old building collapses in Naughara Mohalla

After the rain wrecked havoc in the city on Monday and collapsed three old buildings in Old City areas, another century-old building collapsed in Naughara Mohalla early on Tuesday morning. Fortunately, the incident did not cause any casualty.

Notably, the building was situated near the ancestral house of Sukhdev Thapar and it was being acquired to give direct access to the martyr’s house.

As per an area resident, the building had been lying abandoned for decades and some trader had been using the same to keep his wooden boxes.

As per Tribhuvan Thapar, kin of the martyr, who also stays in the Naughara Mohalla, said the building reportedly collapsed early this morning. As it was raining heavily, no resident heard any sound at the time of its collapse. It was in the morning only when he was shocked to see the shattered structure. He also went to the place to check if anyone got trapped in debris, but nobody was found. Later, he informed Municipal Corporation Commissioner Aadtiya Dachalwal about the incident.

Thapar said earlier, it was a three-storey building and in 1960, two storeys of the building had collapsed due to an earthquake and since then, only the ground floor was lying abandoned, which was also in a poor state. Owners of the building stay in Mumbai, Kanpur, Ludhiana and Gurugram.

On Monday, besides the house collapse incident at New Puneet Nagar due to the inflow of rainwater that claimed the death of eight-year-old Vikas Jha, who was drowned, three century-old buildings located in Old City areas of Bagh Wali Gali, Raman Market and Baini Ram Street had also collapsed. The MC had also issued notices to dangerous buildings before the monsoon season but no proper follow-up seemed to have been done to demolish the same. The three buildings were also lying abandoned and no one was staying in the structures for a long time.

Building portion gives way in Soodan mohalla

Portion of another multi-storey old building collapsed in Soodan mohalla on Tuesday evening. As the building collapsed, debris fell on the street. It also damaged the electricity pole and cables. Fortunately, no one suffered injury in the accident. Area residents said the building belonged to the owners of the Mahindra Group whose ancestors used to stay there. Even officials of the company used to visit the house. Otherwise, the building was lying abandoned. As debris blocked the road outside the building, residents informed MC officials and urged them to clear the road.