Blame game starts, but no accountability fixed

NEW DELHI: North Delhi Municipal Corporation, immediately after the collapse, suspended two officials and ordered an inquiry. But every time after such a collapse in Delhi, officials are suspended and then later quietly reinstated. Even this time, the corporation officials - unwilling to come on record - are falling back on a technicality as they reason that no structure had come up on the ground on the vacant plot and hence they couldn't have taken any action. In fact, they are accusing the cops of not having done their job.

A building was demolished 20 days ago and digging started to construct a basement without any building plan sanction. How could this escape the notice of the corporation officials and how can they argue that they couldn't have intervened?

In fact, Tulsi Nagar — an unauthorized regularized colony - has many haphazardly constructed five-six storey houses, not allowed under the building by-laws. It is not difficult to guess how these structures have mushroomed, certainly not without the connivance of the civic officials and cops. Delhi Fire Services chief AK Sharma, after taking stock of the situation, said: "The structures in this area aren't safe. They are constructed randomly and the entire area is in a danger zone."

Will the corporation learn any lessons or will it once again get away without fixing accountability? In the past such building collapse cases, suspended officials were back on duty in a few months — Uttam Nagar (2011) and Chandni Mahal (2011) are prime examples (see box). However, Karol Bagh zone deputy commissioner Dharmendra Kumar, who was present at the site, blamed the cops, saying the beat constable is also responsible for reporting such violations to the corporation. "If digging is taking place, the beat constable has to report to the corporation," he said.

Replying to allegations that they were late in reaching the spot and arrived only around 10 am, one-and-a-half hour after the collapse, he said: "By 9:30am, the sanitation staff had rushed to the spot. But the earthmovers and heavy machinery took time to reach as the lanes had to be cleared."

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