Ulhasnagar: 50 people displaced in second slab collapse this week

Ulhasnagar: In yet another case of slab collapse in the city, 50 people were forced to vacate their homes in an Ulhasnagar building ahead of Diwali. Fortunately, no one was harmed in the incident, but 10 families were displaced from Sherawali Kunj building in the Khemani area, late on Wednesday night.
This is the second such incident within a week in the city. On October 23, one person died and two were injured after a slab collapse at Paras building in Ulhasnagar.
On learning about Wednesday’s incident, local BJP corporator Mahesh Sukhramani rushed to the spot and alerted the municipal corporation. UMC staff evacuated the residents and sealed building. A civic official said the building was in dangerous condition, and several notices had been issued earlier. From the 25 flats in the building, around 15 families had already vacated their flats, but others continued to live there due to a lack of alternatives.
Sukhramani told TOI, “Four months ago, when 12 people died in partial collapse incidents at two buildings, the state government had assured that within 15 days, they would solve technical problems arising in redevelopment of such dangerous buildings. And yet, the state government has done nothing and people are losing their houses.”