{"id":112012,"date":"2021-06-14T10:25:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T04:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=112012"},"modified":"2021-06-14T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T05:23:58","slug":"steps-to-prevent-frequent-building-collapse-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/steps-to-prevent-frequent-building-collapse-in-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Prevent Frequent Building Collapse in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Every Year Mumbai witnesses incidents of building collapse during monsoon. However, the steps taken are not adequate.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In Mumbai, recently an unsafe multi-storeyed building has collapsed in a core area of the city. It resulted in the loss of the lives of at least 11 people.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster is a repetition of incidents like that every year. People are inhabiting unsafe and illegal buildings, and civic authorities are failing to act in time, as usual.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mumbai\u00a0needs a time-bound and accountable system of ensuring the safety of its housing stock.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority identified 21 structures in Mumbai <\/strong>as being extremely dangerous in this year\u2019s monsoon. It <strong>advised 700 occupants to move to temporary accommodation<\/strong>, while reconstruction takes place.<\/li>\n<li>However, the people who live there are reluctant as the alternative housing is far away from their education and work locations. This is a challenge that Maharashtra will have to address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What should be done?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Coastal Maharashtra is vulnerable to extreme monsoon weather events. Such events are increasing in frequency due to the ongoing warming of the Arabian Sea. It should be treated as a crisis that will only get worse by changes to monsoon rainfall intensity over time. Thus following steps are required: &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly,<\/strong> scientists of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have suggested that accurate monsoon forecasting<strong>\u00a0would help governments prepare better to save lives<\/strong> and agriculture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly, Mumbai needs to accelerate its repair and restoration program<\/strong> for weak buildings and replace those that cannot be recovered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly, the city urgently needs canals for huge volumes, for water to flow out<\/strong>. A plan to create new urban wetlands where it is possible to store the rainfall is required.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourthly, a revival of Mithi river is needed as it could offer some relief.<\/strong> Its planned clean-up was delayed by the COVID-19 crisis. More such water bodies are required, and it will take a mass housing program to make life safer for the thousands in shacks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifthly, a far-sighted plan to shift people from filthy buildings to modern ones is important on health grounds as well.<\/strong> This process should begin with the most dangerous structures first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G4V8LL6N7.1&amp;imageview=0\">click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Every Year Mumbai witnesses incidents of building collapse during monsoon. However, the steps taken are not adequate. Introduction In Mumbai, recently an unsafe multi-storeyed building has collapsed in a core area of the city. It resulted in the loss of the lives of at least 11 people. The disaster is a repetition of incidents&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/steps-to-prevent-frequent-building-collapse-in-mumbai\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steps to Prevent Frequent Building Collapse in Mumbai<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1668],"class_list":["post-112012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-disas_7","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700597728},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}