140+ illegal structures in Vasai-Virar to be demolished after Ganpati
PALGHAR: Maharashtra minister Ganesh Naik announced on Friday that a total of 141 unauthorized buildings in the Vasai-Virar region of Palghar district will be demolished following the 10-day Ganpati festival. Naik made the remarks after visiting victims of a building collapse in Virar East on Wednesday, which resulted in 17 fatalities. The incident occurred when a building collapsed onto an adjacent vacant tenement at Vijay Nagar at 12:05 am on that day. “This incident is extremely unfortunate. People often resort to living in illegal structures due to circumstances. We are facing the consequences of years of negligence that allowed such…