BMC releases list of 188 dangerous, dilapidated buildings ahead of monsoon

In view of the upcoming monsoon season the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC on Tuesday released a list of 188 dangerous dilapidated buildingsThe BMC released the list of 188 residential buildings that are in a very dangerous and dilapidated state as per the PTIThe Mumbai civic body has appealed to people living in such structures to move to safer places as a precautionary measureAccording to the PTI of the 188 buildings on the list the highest 114 structures are in the western suburbs followed by the eastern suburbs with 47 and 27 in the island city the release saidThe buildings have been declared very dangerous and dilapidated under section 354 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1888 it saidWhile appealing to people to vacate these dilapidated buildings the civic body has also asked concerned authorities who own these buildings to take necessary steps before monsoonThe civic body has released the list on its portal wwwmcgmgovinAs per section 353B of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1888 the owner and occupier of every private building existing and in use for more than 30 years should carry out a structural audit of their buildings and submit structural stability certificate to the civic body within 30 days the release said the PTI reportedThe civic body has also warned of action if owners occupiers and cooperative societies ignore its directives the news agency reported on TuesdayBMC prunes branches of 22334 trees ahead of monsoon seasonMeanwhile ahead of the monsoon season in Mumbai the BMC has pruned 22334 large and potentially hazardous tree branches the PTI had reported last monthThe Mumbai civic body has also issued treetrimming notices to 4909 establishments situated in private and governmentowned areas as per a releaseAccording to the PTI the Garden Department has commenced the systematic and scientific pruning of branches from large and dangerous trees as a precautionary measure ahead of monsoon according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal CorporationMumbai has approximately 2975 lakh trees under the BMCs jurisdiction and 15 51132 of them are located on private properties while 10 67641 are on the government premisesOf the 1862246 trees lining the roadside 113534 required trimming and a total of 22334 trees had already been pruned by April 19 while the pruning of the remaining trees will be completed by June 7 as per the release as per the PTIThe Mumbai civic body has also removed 386 of the 433 dead infested or bent trees to address safety hazardsIt said the progress of tree trimming has been impeded by vehicles parked along roadsides and also urged citizens to cooperate by relocating parked vehicleswith PTI inputs