A building permitted for three floors, while being extended illegally to 6 floors by a builder, collapses. As a consequence, a number of innocent labourers including women and children died. These labourers are migrants of different places. The government immediately announced cash relief to the aggrieved families and arrested the builder.
Give reasons for such incidents taking place across the country. Suggest measures to prevent their occurrence.
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The reasons for such incidents taking place across the country are the following;
(i) Lack of planning.
(ii) Improper resources.
(iii) Bad working conditions.
(iv) Lack of funds.
Measures that can be taken to prevent these incidents are as under;
(i) Improve working conditions.
(ii) Increase funds.
(iii) Improve resources.
(iv) Improve planning.
To avoid such type of accidents, the government should impose strict rules on building and construction regulations.
Employ non-corrupt officials.
Prompting the officials and the builders to be transparent and honest.
The whole procedure should be under the scrutiny of ACB and RTI.
Should adapt to the digital versions of procedure for clarity and corruption less operation.