Compound wall collapse forces evacuation of 192 Surat apartments
Representative AI image SURAT: On Wednesday, residents from 192 apartments in four towers of Shiv Residency were evacuated due to the collapse of a compound wall and part of the adjacent land into a deep foundation pit at Bhimrad. The incident occurred late Tuesday night when a cement concrete retaining wall of a construction site managed by the Raj Lakshmi Group failed. This caused the boundary wall of Shiv Residency to collapse, raising safety concerns for nearby buildings. After a preliminary investigation, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) suspended the licenses of architect Suresh Maurya, structural engineer Jalil Shaikh, developer Tushar…