Hyderabad: The committee constituted by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to investigate the reasons for the collapse of an under-construction building at Nanakramguda has blamed the incident on the negligence of the builder and the owner. Eleven persons died when the building collapsed on December 8, last year.
The committee, chaired by Dr N.V. Ramana Rao of JNTU, said weak construction, improper design and huge burden on pillars led to the collapse. It said building owner Satyanarayana Singh had planned a G+3 structure on 250 square yards. Based on this, the builder constructed the basement and pillars.
“Later, he modified the design to G+5 and a penthouse. He did not follow the standards and specifications given by the civil engineer in the structural drawing. The structural drawing also incorporated a main pillar but Satyanarayana Singh did not follow it. The pillars could bear only 60 per cent of load of the total building,” the report submitted to the civic body said. The report said that the quality of construction of the building was poor, and “the plinth beams were built as like a skeleton.”
