It is reported that in Mumbai at least twenty-five to thirty thousand buildings are unsafe. One can only imagine the consequences of such a catastrophe. Unfortunately there is no serious plan to strengthen these buildings. Rabindra Vasavada, a premier artist, who is advising the Gujarat government which is investigating the state of buildings was forthright in his assessment. In my investigations, I saw to my horror that the debris is just sand and dust apart from the bricks.
Criminal action needs to be initiated against the guilty.
There is no another way out. This dubious distinction is not restricted to Gujarat alone. It is an all India pattern. Sadly this is a culture developed during the last fifty years of our Independence in utter disregard to human values. Our corrupt political culture of which most of us willingly or unwillingly connive at for personal gain is responsible for the present malady.