SIT Reveals That Faulty Construction Caused The Collapse Of Moulivakkam Building

Real estates in Chennai was in for a shock when two buildings in Chennai had collapsed which caused the death of many innocent lives as well as loss of money and property. But investigation now reveals that the building in Moulivakkam, Chennai which collapsed on June 28 was not build according to the submitted plan. Reports indicate that structural engineers has removed crucial weight bearing  pillars in the basement of Chennai properties. These pillar which were supposed to support the Chennai property were removed in order to make a larger parking space for the residents. This means that the site engineers had deviated from the original plan that was submitted and approved by the City's civic authority Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).

Removing of the pillars has proved to be a big mistake as the India property Chennai collapsed and this sad incident resulted in injuring 27 people and the death of 61 people. To probe in the incident Tamil Nadu chief Minister Ms.J Jayalalithaa had announced an Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the collapse of real estates Chennai. The SIT was working under supervision of S. George, Police Commissioner. The team also got expert advice from the Public Works Department(PWD), Anna University, IIT Madras. The team also conducted soil tests as well as inspection of construction materials. The investigation took a total of 50 days, and it came out with 10 key findings.
The team concluded that density of the concrete which was used for construction was unsatisfactory, steel samples were also of bad and substandard quality. The soil bearing capacity was deemed as inadequate and there was very low overall structural stability. The team also found that people who were enraged as engineers on the property sites were not qualified to do the job in real estates in Chennai.