SC asks panel to submit interim report on Moulivakkam by April 22

C Shivakumar

Chennai:

Supreme Court has asked the three member committee, that was appointed by the apex court, to submit the interim report on stability of the 11-storey building at Moulivakkam Crash site by April 22.



This comes after the three members of the four-member committee appointed by the Supreme Court inspected the building in Chennai on April 14.



The team comprised of Shashank Bisnoi, assistant professor, Indian Institute of New Delhi, L P Singh, general manager (Structure), National Building Construction and senior advocate Ashok Kumar Gupta.



Advocate Gaurav Agarwal, who was in the panel, has recused himself as he had some conflict of interest.



Currently, the panel is headed by Ashok Kumar Gupta. Supreme Court Judges Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh after hearing the petition by the district magistrate and Kancheepuram collector on April 18 has passed the order that the interim report should be tabled on Friday. The matter has been listed on Monday.



On June 28, 2014, a 11-storey under-construction apartment complex by Prime Sristi Housing Private Limited collapsed killing 60 people almost all of them construction workers. Another block at the same site was ordered to be demolished by the Kancheepuram collector after an enquiry by the state government found that this structure was also unsafe.



The Supreme Court has told the committee that they wanted to know whether the building has the strength to withstand any natural calamity or it is likely to collapse at any point of time without there being a calamity