By our correspondent, Junagadh, 11 February 2013

After the collapse of a nine-storeyed building in Junagadh yesterday, the Municipal Commissioner of Junagadh has served notice to Monarch apartment’s builder Vipul Kotecha to safely remove the other two buildings in same campus.

Yesterday, a newly constructed building Monarch-2 was collapsed killing two laborers while six persons were injured in this incident. The building was constructed by Mars developers before a year, along with two other buildings of same size in same campus.

After the collapse of ‘A’ wing of the building, the Municipal Commissioner has asked developer to demolish ‘B’ and ‘C’ wings safely.

Two persons died yesterday were plaster of Paris artists from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Six others injured were also artists doing the work of plaster of Paris.

It is interesting to note that while one building collapsed, the other two buildings built with same material(according to developer) were standing strong.

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