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Man killed as balcony of dilapidated Tollygunge building collapses
A man named Samir Sen was standing on the balcony of his old apartment building when the balcony suddenly broke and fell.
The building was very old and unsafe.
Mr. Sen was the only person who lived there.
Sadly, he was badly hurt and died at the hospital.
City workers had warned that the building was unsafe before this happened.
After the accident, city workers removed parts of the building that could fall down.
The city says there are almost 2,000 old and unsafe buildings like this one.
Many of these buildings have tenants, and the owners are stuck in legal fights.
The city has a plan that lets owners build more floors if they give the tenants new homes, which is meant to help fix the problem of unsafe old buildings.
Samir Sen, 57, died after the first-floor balcony of a two-storey dilapidated building on Russa Road (South) in Tollygunge collapsed on Sunday night.
Sen was the lone resident of the building and was declared dead at MR Bangur Hospital.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation engineers had previously issued notices about the building's dilapidated condition.
A KMC team later pulled down portions of the building that were hanging precariously.
KMC officials said nearly 2,000 buildings in the city are dilapidated, many of them tenanted properties locked in litigation.
- Who
- Samir Sen, 57, the lone resident of the building
- What
- The first-floor balcony of a two-storey dilapidated building collapsed, killing Sen
- Where
- Russa Road (South), Tollygunge, Kolkata
- When
- Sunday night
- Why
- The building was in a dilapidated condition; KMC engineers had issued notices about the structure
Key facts
- Victim
- Samir Sen, 57
- Incident
- First-floor balcony collapse
- Location
- Russa Road (South), Tollygunge, Kolkata
- Building
- Two-storey dilapidated building
- When
- Sunday night
- Hospital
- MR Bangur Hospital
- KMC response
- Notices issued earlier; precarious portions pulled down after collapse
- Dilapidated buildings in Kolkata
- Nearly 2,000
Quotes
Kolkata Municipal Corporation official
Official of Kolkata Municipal Corporation
“He was the lone resident of the building. Our engineers had issued notices regarding the structure, which was in a dilapidated condition.”
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