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Home / Mumbai / Mumbai News / Photos / In Photos: Massive drive against dangerous buildings launched in Ulhasnagar

In Photos: Massive drive against dangerous buildings launched in Ulhasnagar

Updated On: 24 May, 2023 11:02 AM IST | ronak mastakar

The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has launched a massive crackdown on dangerous structures in order to avert tragedy during the monsoon (With inputs from Anurag Kamble)

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The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has launched a massive crackdown on dangerous structures in order to avert tragedy during the monsoon (With inputs from Anurag Kamble)

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The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has launched a massive crackdown on dangerous structures in order to avert tragedy during the monsoon (With inputs from Anurag Kamble)
<p>The UMC has issued notices to the residents of 1,300 buildings, asking them to get structural audits done (Pic/Navneet Barhate)</p>

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The UMC has issued notices to the residents of 1,300 buildings, asking them to get structural audits done (Pic/Navneet Barhate)

<p>It will evacuate residents from eight highly dilapidated buildings as soon as possible. In September 2022, four lives were lost in the civic body&rsquo;s jurisdiction due to a building collapse (Pic/Navneet Barhate)</p>

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It will evacuate residents from eight highly dilapidated buildings as soon as possible. In September 2022, four lives were lost in the civic body’s jurisdiction due to a building collapse (Pic/Navneet Barhate)

<p>Hundreds of buildings in Ulhasnagar are more than 40 years old and in a sorry state (Pic/Navneet Barhate)</p>

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Hundreds of buildings in Ulhasnagar are more than 40 years old and in a sorry state (Pic/Navneet Barhate)

<p>According to UMC officials, many such buildings stand on government land and are illegal. Hence, they do not figure in government records (Pic/Navneet Barhate)</p>

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According to UMC officials, many such buildings stand on government land and are illegal. Hence, they do not figure in government records (Pic/Navneet Barhate)

<p>Such buildings don&rsquo;t have housing societies to take care of repair work. Also, occupants fear they will lose their rights once they leave the building&rsquo;s premises. Over the past 20 years, more than 60 persons have died in building collapses in the area, officials said (Pic/iStock)</p>

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Such buildings don’t have housing societies to take care of repair work. Also, occupants fear they will lose their rights once they leave the building’s premises. Over the past 20 years, more than 60 persons have died in building collapses in the area, officials said (Pic/iStock)

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