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KARACHI: Another abandoned British-era building collapsed in the old city area on Saturday causing damages to some property, but no one was hurt in the incident, police said.
Earlier, an abandoned British-era building had collapsed in Ranchore Line but no one was hurt.
Official said that the dilapidated building that housed the City Boys Secondary School was located on Serai Road, Lahori Sharbat Gali in Mithadar.
Mithadar SHO Shahzad Ilyas said that parts of the three-storey building having shops on the ground floor fell on the main road and damaged many motorcycles parked outside.
He said that the building was empty and it had been declared ‘dangerous’ by authorities concerned.
Published in Dawn, November 6th, 2022
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Nov 06, 2022 11:24am
Why the building was demolished well before the time. It is the duty of authorities to demolish such buildings to avoid any untoward tragedy.
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Nov 06, 2022 03:49pm
Ranchore Line, oldest part of Karachi.
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Nov 06, 2022 08:57pm
Civilized countries support heritage buildings for future generations including our neighbor india where local govt. does not allow heritage structures to be demolished but finances the upkeep of the structures. I guess there is nothing left of civilization in our culture as the building mafia with collusion from local government must be waiting for this and will develop the plot and a part of history will be forgotten.
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Nov 07, 2022 12:04am
It collapsed or someone is collapsing for new real estate. In old city areas many building are already empty and hollowed out and only the facades are remaining to keep the cultural heritage alive and to be restored.
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Nov 07, 2022 07:25am
Instead of just declaring-and-waiting they should have protected the history.
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