School building was classified as ‘highly dangerous’ structure following an audit earlier; activists fear civic school land will be turned into commercial complexes

The B rihanmumbai Municipal Corporatio n (BMC) has said that the New Mahim Municipal Corporation School in the ‘G North Ward’, which was issued a C1 certificate, will be reconstructed on the same plot by the civic body itself. The statement comes following repeated protests from political activists and citizens seeking an explanation for the closure of the school.

As per the civic body, BMC’s School Infrastructural Cell (SIC) had conducted a structural audit of the building, after which they classified it to be a ‘C1’ building, or a highly dangerous structure. However, after parents and representatives contested the C1 clas

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