Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani visited the site once again and inspected the rescue operations in the May 13 accident, in which at least 88 people were injured.
With no possibility of any more victims being recovered, rescue teams of NDRF Mumbai Police, Mumbai Fire Brigade, BPCL and civil servants stopped the operation with their cranes, cranes and JCBs.
Gagrani said the work to remove the huge amount of debris in the area will take more time.
After a sudden dust storm accompanied by rain and strong wind, a big billboard collapsed on BPCL petrol pump and gas station, trapping more than a hundred people.
Rescue teams exercised extreme caution without using equipment such as GA cutters as there was an unspecified amount of fuel stored in underground tanks at the petrol pump, hampering operations.
Nearly four days after the billboard accident, the area still looks like a disaster zone with crushed cars, two-wheelers, houses nearby, broken parts of the huge 120x120 feet hoarding, its metal girders, rods, etc.
BMC has asked Central Railways (CR) and Western Railways (WR) to remove all illegal hoardings or those violating the size norms of 40x40 feet on priority basis.
Officials said the BMC has also started an audit of 1,025 big and small hoardings, which are expected to add to Mumbai's skyline, based on various parameters like structure stability, ability to withstand wind velocity, height from ground structures in the surrounding area etc. , which is likely to be completed by the end of the month.
Shocked by the Mumbai tragedy, the twin cities of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad have also launched an independent survey of all the hoardings put up in their respective jurisdictions as a precautionary measure and several irregularities have come to light.
With no possibility of any more victims being recovered, rescue teams of NDRF Mumbai Police, Mumbai Fire Brigade, BPCL and civil servants stopped the operation with their cranes, cranes and JCBs.
Gagrani said the work to remove the huge amount of debris in the area will take more time.
After a sudden dust storm accompanied by rain and strong wind, a big billboard collapsed on BPCL petrol pump and gas station, trapping more than a hundred people.
Rescue teams exercised extreme caution without using equipment such as GA cutters as there was an unspecified amount of fuel stored in underground tanks at the petrol pump, hampering operations.
Nearly four days after the billboard accident, the area still looks like a disaster zone with crushed cars, two-wheelers, houses nearby, broken parts of the huge 120x120 feet hoarding, its metal girders, rods, etc.
BMC has asked Central Railways (CR) and Western Railways (WR) to remove all illegal hoardings or those violating the size norms of 40x40 feet on priority basis.
Officials said the BMC has also started an audit of 1,025 big and small hoardings, which are expected to add to Mumbai's skyline, based on various parameters like structure stability, ability to withstand wind velocity, height from ground structures in the surrounding area etc. , which is likely to be completed by the end of the month.
Shocked by the Mumbai tragedy, the twin cities of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad have also launched an independent survey of all the hoardings put up in their respective jurisdictions as a precautionary measure and several irregularities have come to light.
