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Newly built security wall of Kalyan's Durgadi fort collapses after heavy rain
KALYAN: A large portion of the newly built security wall of Kalyan's historic Durgadi Fort collapsed during a sudden heavy rain on Wednesday morning. This wall was recently constructed by the Archaeology and Museum Department of Maharashtra, with an expenditure of around Rs 3.5 crore.
Following its collapse, questions were raised about the construction quality executed by the contractor.
The local Shiv Sena MLA, Vishwanath Bhoir, was angry after this accident at the historic fort, sanctified by the feet of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and has demanded action against the contractor.
It may be recalled that after the dilapidated protection wall of the fort collapsed several times, the state govt initiated the work of repairing the wall of this fort and some other repairs at a total project cost of Rs 13 crore.
The repair work on the wall started a few months ago, and this wall was completed two months ago.
Meanwhile, after an hour of sudden heavy rain on Wednesday morning, a large part of this wall collapsed. Upon receiving information about the incident, the local PWD officials, police, and local political representatives reached the spot.
During this time, the PWD officials, who were carrying out other parts of the project, distanced themselves from the incident, stating that the portion of the wall work of this fort was done by the Archaeology Department.
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However, MLA Vishwanath Bhoir stated that the way the newly built wall fell down has raised questions about the quality of the work, and he demanded that action be taken against the responsible contractor because this fort is a source of inspiration for all of us.
Meanwhile, speaking to TOI, Jitesh Patel, the contractor who did the work on this protection wall, told TOI, "Recently, we finished the work on this wall, and the filling work was yet to be done where there is soil on top of the wall. Until this time, the rains started early this time, due to which water accumulated on a large scale in the part of the soil above the wall where the filling work was pending, due to the pressure of which the wall fell down.
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Patel said, "We will now rebuild this wall again safely by taking safety measures during the rains."
