Major TV channels and newspapers ferociously covered the recent story of a building collapse in
Such collapses are not rare in a country like
The design team (however, most of these constructions are not even properly design by a professionally competent structural engineer) always find construction and maintenance issues.
I think the government must implement some regulatory framework so that such unfortunate events can be avoided. A system must be in place ensuring that the construction meets the various IS standard of practice. Any government body, like Municipal Corporations, PWD or CPWD must be authorized to approve design and check the quality of construction at various stages. Even they should be made responsible to see if a building is properly maintained.
One of my friends from Pune informed me that the Municipal Corporation there issues licenses to the Structural Engineers only after getting an appropriate 'Grade Certificate' from the ISSE -Indian Society of Structural Engineers. But who will insure if the construction is design by a licensed structural engineer.
Or should we have a separate Design Verification Authority completely independent of Municipal Corporations, PWD, CPWD etc?
Some people argue that such failures are rarely due to faulty structural design; most of the times there are other reasons.
What do you think, please share your opinion.
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