Structural audit of damaged compound wall by CoEP in Pune's Dhankawadi soon
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Pune: The College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) technological university will soon conduct a structural audit of the compound wall and other damaged sections of Dhankawadi's Padmavatinagar housing society, where a lower portion of the wall on the perimeter caved in amid heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials said they had requested CoEP to conduct the audit and the varsity had agreed.
On Tuesday night, in a notice, the civic body ordered evacuation of 28 properties on the premises "to prevent any loss of life/property". Residents were firm on their stand of not leaving the property even by Thursday.
"PMC has given CoEP a letter to conduct the audit. Our future course of action will be taken based on the findings of the report," said Umesh Shidruk, an official of the building permissions department.
COEP professor BG Birajdar, who will head the audit, said their department had started the process and other formalities. "We have accepted the proposal for the audit. A site visit will be carried out in a day or two," he added.
PMC's evacuation notice to the housing society said: "If you fail to do so, we will be compelled to exercise our rights under section 268 (7) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act and, if necessary, get the premises you are occupying vacated with police assistance."
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Civic officials said directives have been given to the society management to repair the wall. A delegation of society members visited the PMC office recently. They said the question of leaving the properties did not arise as damage to the buildings did not appear to be severe. "The society has submitted necessary documents to PMC and we will wait for the structural report now," said Sanjay Patel, a resident.
A six-year-old girl and her two brothers (aged 12 and 13 years) survived miraculously when the wall collapsed on Tuesday. At least 15 families of roadside vegetable vendors live in tin shed dwellings close to the wall, which had been rendered structurally dangerous earlier. Last year, the dwellers had approached PMC to get the society to strengthen the wall.
"We have been living here for years. Steps need to be taken for our safety and security. We should get compensation for the losses suffered due to the accident," said Harshad Khandare, a resident of the tenements near the compound wall.
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