Vijay Varma and Mini Mathur, along with other actors, expressed sorrow over the loss of lives and injuries following a large hoarding collapse in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar on Monday evening. The incident occurred due to heavy rain and dust storms in the city, prompting concerns about the legality of the oversized billboard’s installation.
Taking to her Instagram stories Mini Mathur wrote, “Life in our country has ZERO VALUE. Whose hoarding is it? Who allowed it to stand there for years? The blame game this week will lead to no answers and the corrupt nexus that allowed the open flouting of rules will never be taken apart. Disgusting.”
“The case of the invisible hoarding (until of course it fell on people and killed them),” Soni Razdan wrote on her Instagram story.
Vijay posted a video of the accident on Instagram Stories, and wrote, “Oh no.”
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani stated on Tuesday that measures will be taken against all unauthorized hoardings in Mumbai. He emphasized that the hoarding in Ghatkopar, which collapsed, did not have permission from the civic body. Following the incident on Monday, which resulted in 14 fatalities, 44 individuals have been hospitalized with injuries.
“BMC has ordered that action be taken against all illegal hoarding in the city. We are starting that today. A case has been registered in this case. This hoarding did not have any permission. A complaint was also received that some trees were also cut so that this hoarding would be visible. We have also registered a case again,” Bhushan Gagrani told reporters.
BJP leader Kirit Somaiya asserted that the owner of the advertising agency accountable for erecting the billboard should face consequences for the incident. Somaiya suggested that the police should designate the agency owner as a “fugitive.” Chief Minister Eknath Shinde pledged that severe measures would be taken against the hoarding owner, confirming the registration of a case of culpable homicide in connection with the incident.