The Pune Cantonment Board will survey dilapidated buildings in its jurisdiction from next week.
Staffers from the engineering section of the board will conduct the survey. They will mainly focus on the wall and roof structures, a PCB official said, adding there were unsafe old buildings mainly in the Solapur Bazaar, Modikhana and Bhimpura areas of the Cantonment.
Amit Kumar, the PCB’s CEO, said, “If a structure is in a bad condition, we will send an eviction notice to the owner under section 297 of the Cantonment Act 2006.” The roofs of the builders are are made from wood and soil. Over the years they have become weak because of percolation of rainwater, a senior official from the PCB’s engineering section said. “On Friday, the roof of one such building fell. A woman and a child suffered minor injuries,” the official added.
Kumar said PCB had sent eviction notices to the owners of these buildings in the past. “In many cases, the dispute between the owners and tenants has become the main hurdle,” he said.