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Each resident of a building is responsible for its safety

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

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Part of the gallery collapsed on Pramod Yadav, the security guard of the building in Santacruz West, killing him. Pic/Atul Kamble

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.

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