A two-storey building collapsed in Triplicane area of Chennai city on October 3, 2012 resulting in the death of two persons. Despite the complaint of the tenants the owners failed to repair the building. It is reportedly a 50 year-old building. I have the feeling that it is just a starting point and such a calamity is likely to recur routinely in every major city like Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata where such old apartments are in plenty. A drive through those cities will reveal such a possibility in the near future. Unless a serious note is taken of these occurrences and a massive renovation and rebuilding of those old apartments is taken up in a systematic way many more lives are likely to be lost unfortunately. Who is to do this?
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