File FIR against building owners, say traders

A day after a multi-storey commercial complex collapsed in the Ghake Shah Mill area near Vishwakarma Chowk here, the business community having offices and shops in the area demanded immediate registration of an FIR against the owners of the building. They even demanded that MC officials who allowed the construction of the illegal building should also face departmental as well police action.

Vijay Sood, a chartered accountant, whose building is situated opposite the collapsed structure, said on Sunday morning he had already apprised MC officials through a written complaint about the issue and a few hours after the complaint, the building collapsed. He said the MC officials had reached the scene when the complex fell like a house of cards and fortunately no one suffered any injury.

Sood claimed that the building had collapsed around 4 pm on Sunday and its debris had also damaged electricity poles and caused complete blackout in the area. Till now, the PSPCL has not restored the electricity supply despite its officials were informed about the damages to the power poles.

Raman Yadav, a trader in the locality, said building owners should not be spared at any cost. Rather, the MC should lodge a complaint against building owners to the police and seek immediate FIR for putting the lives of area residents in danger. “The building has reportedly two to three owners and they must be well connected politically. We, as the business community, will lodged a police complaint against the building owners,” he said.

A labourer said quarters of migrants labourers were also built behind the building and the same were vacated as the remaining portion of the building may fall on the same.

Meanwhile, MC officials said the building owners had to get the remaining portion demolished at their own level.

“We are scanning the MC records to get detail of the owners and then, a notice will be issued to the owners. If the owners fail to demolish the building and the remaining portion causes any injury or property loss to somebody, the owners will be held responsible for the same,” they said.