MCD, Delhi CM blame each other
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday put the blame on the MCD for allowing unauthorised constructions in the area where the building collapsed. However, the MCD maintained that it was an unauthorised colony and it was the Delhi government, which talked about regularising them. Leader of the Opposition Vijay Kumar
Malhotra blamed the Delhi government for the disaster, while Congress MP Mahabal Mishra demanded a CBI inquiry into the nexus between the police and the local MCD officials.
While chief minister Sheila Dikshit said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi should explain how the illegal structure came up, MCD officials pointed to illegal colonies being regularised by the government. “There has been an almost criminal carelessness on the part of the builder and those who allowed the building to come up. This is in the purview of the MCD. I’ve told the MCD commissioner to immediately take action against the builder and the local MCD engineer,” Ms Dikshit said on Tuesday. According to lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna, “The MCD is meant to review the state of buildings and issue warnings or demolish them. But how much of this was done in practice will have to be investigated.”
Meanwhile, the MPs blamed everyone but the government for Monday night’s tragedy. “It’s the responsibility of the police and the local authorities. The Delhi and Central governments are not to blame. Action should be taken against MCD officers,” said Parvez Hashmi, an MP. Mahabal Mishra, another MP, said: “Both the police and the MCD are responsible. There should be a CBI inquiry.”
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