The Sewri incident on Saturday that crushed 5 children to death has started alarm bells ringing and woken- up government agencies from their slumber. BMC has now written not only to MHADA asking to survey the same site, but also to Mumbai Port Trust ( MPT) and Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) citing dangerous buildings in their areas. " MPT has many godowns around areas like Sewri, Haji Bunder and Kolsa Bunder that are dilapidated and dangerous. We have written to them to survey these properties and take preventive action. The RBI has one building at Chaar Raasta, opposite Fatima High School. We have written to engineers and estate departments of these agencies. It is the duty of local authority to alert the property owners, private or otherwise, to survey their properties to avoid incidents like the one that happened at Sewri," said Harshad Kale, ward officer, F/ South ward. This letter is sent only because we are the concerned local authority" Kale added.
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