Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon form a new cell for auditing neglected buildings which are under its jurisdiction. The new cell will recognize structures that are older than 30 years and will issue notices to the concerned societies for further structural audits.
As per the new policy, the municipal corporation has made it necessary for the dweller or owner to give in the structural inspection of the building.
The policy will be uploaded on the BMC website in December to encourage suggestions and objections from general public.
Initially, the civic body had only one committee to take care of the issues associated with the neglected buildings but now BMC has formed a total five committees to deal with appeals related to such buildings.
Out of five committees, four will make available for appeals related to private buildings and one for municipal buildings. Recently, the policy received a green signal and will be applied to ensure speedy recovery of ramshackle buildings and evade building collapses in future.
The policy makes it necessary for the occupants to inform the civic building and factory department about the status of structure. The policy is only valid for private and municipal buildings which are under the civic body’s jurisdiction. BMC has made it compulsory to get the structural audit done by registered a BMC structural engineer.
If a building certified as non-dilapidated collapses in future then registration of that specific engineer who certified the building will be void and the BMC will initiate legal process against the person for the same.
Once a structure receives notice from the civic body then it is the owners/tenants’ concern to submit the structural audit to BMC within a month’s time. BMC will later scrutinize the status and select the category of the structure.