BMC to survey, bring down illegal constructions in city

Mumbai:Close on the heels of the Mumbra building collapse, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to survey all constructions built without necessary permissions in order to demolish all illegal structures in the city.      Municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte said, "We have decided to survey all the dilapidated and illegal buildings in the city for demolition. The survey will be conducted by a team formed under additional municipal commissioner Mohan Adtani and the report will be ready within a week."      Earlier this month, a unauthorized seven-storey building collapsed in Mumbra, killing 74 people.      "Once the report is ready, action will be taken against illegal structures even if they are occupied," Kunte said. According to the data available with the BMC, in the last 15 months, from January 2012 to March 2013, the civic body received 21,011 complaints about unauthorized constructions in the city. Of them, 15,278 were attended and 5,733 are still pending.      The civic standing committee on Wednesday rejected BMC's proposed policy against illegal constructions citing several loopholes in it, to which Kunte said that the draft that was tabled was a temporary one and the final policy will be prepared taking into account every aspect.