Goa bldg collapse: Adjacent structures to be demolished; builders untraceable

January 07, 2014 17:43

The Goa government today announced that three buildings adjacent to the structure that collapsed in Cancona, killing 17 people, would be demolished even as the police continued their search for the property's builders, against whom an FIR has been registered.

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said all the authorities had certified that there was no possibility of finding any more survivors in the debris of the collapsed building.

The building caved-in as its design was faulty and the quality of construction was poor, Parrikar said, adding that the structure that collapsed, as well as the ones adjacent to it, had been built on a weak foundation.

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