Updated On: 15 November, 2021 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
A report stated that a 2017 audit termed the state of the building as precarious and unsafe for human habitation. Measures had to be taken to strengthen the building

Part of the gallery collapsed on Pramod Yadav, the security guard of the building in Santacruz West, killing him. Pic/Atul Kamble
An internal structural audit of a building brought forth the findings as dangerous yet, there was no action and the result is that a life has been lost because part of a balcony has collapsed on a security guard.
A report said this tragic incident has taken place in Santacruz in a building which is 55 years old and houses flats, shops and a nursing home. In context, a security guard was sitting near a gate of the society as part of his duty when a wall of the nursing home balcony fell on his head. He was declared dead on arrival at a hospital. A report stated that a 2017 audit termed the state of the building as precarious and unsafe for human habitation. Measures had to be taken to strengthen the building.