KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Sunday said that more than 400 buildings are in deplorable condition in the city and notices were already issued to the inhabitants for evacuating the same.

While reviewing rescue works after a building collapsed in Lyari, the Administrator also appealed to the citizens to cooperate with the authorities and vacate the buildings declared dangerous. Shallwani stated it was very sad that the people are dying in such incidents.

He said that strict action would be taken against those responsible for the loss of human lives. "FIRs have been lodged against the responsible persons of previous collapses of buildings," he added.

The Administrator was of the view that heavy rains have also damaged many old buildings in the city. "Different departments are conducting survey and compiling survey of such buildings," he added.

Shallwani appealed to the residents of the buildings declared dangerous to vacate the same for the sake of their lives. He also directed rescuers to complete the work at the earliest in supervision of Deputy Commissioner South.

He also asked concerned officials of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to remain on site of the incident till completion of the rescue work. Shallwani said that a building was collapsed in Korangi the other day was built without approval of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SCBA), adding that the building of Lyari had also been established without the map approved by SBCA.

The Administrator said that three to four storey buildings on narrow plots are extremely dangerous. "The loss of human lives in building collapses is irreparable," he said.

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