Singh bling Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/live-updates-foot-over-bridge-collapses-outside-mumbais-cst/liveblog/68412963.cms#_ga=2.203531664.126107228.1552513091-1553368044.1541777801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I read the number of dead is 12 now. Sad. Very Sad. The Dark Horse and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R!TTER Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Probably not the right time to say this but the builder & BMC co-conspirators should be hanged - this isn't just negligence, it should be classified as criminal intent to harm (others) Stradlater 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haarkarjeetgaye Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Very sad. May the families get strength to bear the loss. Did anyone claim responsibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haarkarjeetgaye Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: I read the number of dead is 12 now. Sad. Very Sad. where. I am seeing 5 on most websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Haarkarjeetgaye said: where. I am seeing 5 on most websites some rumors on twitter. TOI says 6 now. BMC/State government has to own up, third in 2 years in Mumbai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, coffee_rules said: some rumors on twitter. TOI says 6 now. BMC/State government has to own up, third in 2 years in Mumbai. Contractors who built the bridge should be fined, sued by victims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) BMC and the railways passing the buck on to each other. An "independent" auditor okayed this bridge in Sep 2018. Tells you about the level of deep rooted systemic rot. BMC has ruined Mumbai. The only elections that really matter to the people of Mumbai are the BMC elections and the last time the BJP came very close to wresting control from the SS. Anyone but SS for the BMC, who have destroyed this beautiful city in their 25+ year tenure. Edited March 15, 2019 by Mariyam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Shitty Indian engineering quality and standards Lack of quality control is pathetic in every walk of Indian life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 2 hours ago, chewy said: Shitty Indian engineering quality and standards Lack of quality control is pathetic in every walk of Indian life quality and standards are low because contractors wants to milk as much money as possible .. Straight Drive and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 What kind of messed up news reporting is this? Jimmy Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 4 hours ago, velu said: quality and standards are low because contractors wants to milk as much money as possible .. True, but also incomptency from government inspection bodies and third party inspectors/surveyors (who are corrupt and easily bribed). You've have thousands of small contractors and manufacturers claiming to.be ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and everybody knows in India these are easily.obtainable by paying small bribes to so called certification bodies and their agents in India Big Foreign companies/buyers don't trust certification of Indian manufacturing companies unless certified by credible agencies (mainly based in developed countries) That's why the Made In India campaign is so hollow, no one is held accountable for adhering to quality standards. And majority of Indian consumers are too stupid to realise the rubbish quality they are buying as long as it's cheap Real McCoy and velu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 5 hours ago, velu said: quality and standards are low because contractors wants to milk as much money as possible .. And probably the officials are asking the share of profits as well from contractors. velu and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R!TTER Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Probably? You don't get contracts in the city, or villages, without bribing officials, this is after all the old new India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 13 hours ago, Straight Drive said: And probably the officials are asking the share of profits as well from contractors. At least 30-40% goes as bribes. Contractors are stuck between corruption at every step and are hardly making anything. Expecting quality when you have to pay 40% bribes is insane. Switchblade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 hour ago, R!TTER said: Probably? You don't get contracts in the city, or villages, without bribing officials, this is after all the old new India This is the old India and things have not changed in this aspect. Switchblade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarke Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 An insane level of corruption goes on in BMC. Last monsoon, this happened: https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/loose-soil-triggers-panic-about-another-landslide-near-mumbai-s-wadala-building/story-5x2uTVzolJ6djek2BwrtXJ.html If high society buildings where tiny flats cost crores are at the risk of landslide, one can only expect bridges collapsing & restaurants without fire exits. There was an assistant engineer for road construction. He got into a dispute with his wife and the filth came out in public. Apparently he's got many flats worth 15 crores & then ran coaching class during office hours: https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/bmc-engineer-who-ran-coaching-classes-and-owns-nine-flats-in-city-found-guilty/articleshow/61955460.cms There was also one jerk politician who went about modifying the ground floor of his building randomly which led to it's collapse: https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/ghatkopar-building-collapse-bmc-says-alterations-by-shiv-sena-s-sunil-shitap-to-blame/story-fopPz4n7jKiYdAtqOuD5XM.html No wonder the city suffers on a daily basis, glad to have left it & hoping that I never end up moving back. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R!TTER Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 This isn't just BMC, it happens in every city or Panchayat level. You can try fighting against it but then you disappear overnight or worse, like what happened to that anti graft activist a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi BB Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 8 hours ago, rkt.india said: At least 30-40% goes as bribes. Contractors are stuck between corruption at every step and are hardly making anything. Expecting quality when you have to pay 40% bribes is insane. What? Contractors are the real corrupt forces who feed the government officials (high level ones) .final money gets sanctioned from the government ministry which is scaled very high during tendering by the respective department ,the estimated amount comes very high (taking into account contractor's profit ,bribes etc ) which is why contractors use low quality inputs. the payment happens in phases, Normally once they get 80-90 percent of the payment they run away with finishing still remaining Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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