Question : BUILDINGS COLLAPSED DUE TO RAIN IN MAHARASHTRA



(a) whether number of buildings have been collapsed following the heavy rains in Maharashtra in previous year;

(b) if so, whether Union Government had asked the State Government of Maharashtra to identify `cessed` buildings, classified as dangerous in Mumbai, and to have them vacated, pulled down and reconstructed;

(c) if so, whether the State Government of Maharashtra had sought Central aid for the said project;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps taken by the Union Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI AJAY MAKEN )

(a)to(e): Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.