Updated On: 28 September, 2013 06:35 AM IST | | Varun Singh and Iram Siddique
Two BMC employees were allocated homes in the building in August; in the same month, BMC officials had visited the building, and had said it needed repairs, but never declared it unsafe officially, until yesterday
The terrible tragedy of yet another building collapse in the city is made worse by the ignorance and apathy of the authorities. Officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) knew that the Bapu Genu market building was not safe to house residents. Despite this, two families were allotted homes in the building.