After mid-day highlighted how the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had failed to demolish two schools declared dangerous by it, the civic body has finalised a contractor to pull down one of them. The demolition work will start in the next 15 days and the contractor will pay Rs 14 lakh to BMC for the scrap he gets from it. Interestingly, though the Mahim Mori Road school which will be demolished is in a congested area, the BMC claims there won’t be any issue of danger to people.

The Mori Road school and Durgadevi School of Kumbharwada are two of five on BMC's dilapidated schools’ list. As per BMC norms after a structure is declared as C1 category, it should immediately be demolished to prevent an accident. Students of both schools have been moved elsewhere but the buildings hadn’t been demolished.