Heavy torrents in Jammu has congealed the movement of the locals and a residential house collapsed today in Kanak Mandi area of Jammu.
According to the report, the residential building suddenly collapsed, damaging many vehicles which came in its ambit although no injuries to the residents of the house is reported yet. SDRF team Jammu came at the spot, when they were informed by the locals and launched a search operation in which they did not found any injured while clearing out the remains of the building.
Sukesh Choudhary an eye witness of the incident allegedly said, “At 11am this building fell down due to incessant rains and in an earlier incident a portion of this building also collapsed down in which their daughter who was a banker in a local bank died and later following the similar event their another daughter who is a professor became disabled and now, this house shattered into pieces as it is an unsafe old building.”
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He further continued that the local administration has failed to protect the lives of people and it is the job of JMC, Jammu to mark unsafe old buildings in their areas and to demolish them in time to avoid any tragedies but they only turn up at the last moment.
Such old constructions must be marked, examined and it is also the responsibility of the high court jammu to take quick cognizance of such matters, while the municipal corporation seek to make Jammu a smart city but they do not pay attention to happenings around, he added.
Incessant rains which leads to water logging is emerging a major issue in many areas of Jammu and the government must ensure the safety measures and must keep track of old constructions, as per sources.
Aman Zutshi
