After the death of two persons during the building collapse and fire incident in Sector 17, the UT administration has imposed prohibitory orders around the area for one week.The UT Administration has declared the adjoining buildings as unsafe for living and working and has restricted entry within 150 meters of these buildings. Due to collapse of the four-storey building i.e. SCO no. 115-116, Sector 17 B here, the adjoining buildings/SCOs has also gone weak and may collapse any time.
In the orders, issued by officiating UT deputy Commissioner Vivek Partap Singh, it was stated due to collapse of the said building on Sunday, the other adjoining building/SCOs has gone weak and there is a chance that the adjoining SCOs may collapse and it may cause harm to the general public as well as living/working persons.
“The SHO, Police Station-Sector 17 has requested that the adjoining buildings i.e. SCO 4 to 9 and SCO 115-127 be declared unsafe for human living/working and entry of general public may be restricted within 150 meters of radius of adjoining buildings i.e. SCO Nos. 4 to 9 and SCO No.115 to 127, Sector 17-B till the situation is under control,” said the orders.