Nagpur civic body zones sit on list of unsafe buildings for a month
NAGPUR: Despite identifying 190 dilapidated and dangerous structures across Nagpur city in a pre-monsoon survey this year, all the 10 zones of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) delayed their reports, severely hampering the city’s disaster preparedness this rainy season. The lists, meant to reach the Fire and Emergency Services Department before the onset of monsoon, were submitted almost a month late, pushing back urgent actions like demolition, evacuation and public warnings. The documents reviewed by TOI revealed that only 51 buildings have been demolished in the last few years while the rest are extremely risky structures still standing in residential and…