According to BMC's official figures, there are 74,682 manholes in Mumbai under its jurisdiction, out of which, the civic body has installed protective grills on 6,308 manholes, while the remaining are covered with conventional concrete covers and metal discs.
Each year before monsoon, the civic body identifies dangerous buildings unfit for human habitation and asks the residents to move out so it can demolish the unstable structure. Most tenants, who have been living in these buildings for decades under the pagdi system, choose to stay put despite the risk
In the wee hours of Wednesday, a ground-plus-five storey residential building in Bhandup’s Sonapur collapsed partially, killing a five year old girl.