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The Kozhikode Corporation has decided to acceptable speech a study prepared by its Town Engineering helping connected the illness of a information of an aged gathering astatine Valiyangadi that claimed 4 lives. Instead, it volition entrust the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) with a thorough inspection of buildings owned by the civic body.
Mayor O. Sadasivan, who chaired the assembly gathering connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) morning, said that erstwhile the NIT-C study is received, buildings earmarked for demolition volition beryllium razed, portion those requiring reinforcement volition beryllium strengthened and maintained.
The information audit of 22 Corporation-owned buildings wrong the metropolis limits was initiated aft the incident. The study was prepared by an engineering squad led by Superintending Engineer K.N. Bijoy nether the absorption of Corporation caput N.K. Hareesh.
According to the audit, 7 buildings were identified arsenic wholly unfit for usage and recommended for demolition. A further 7 were recommended for demolition pending further inspection by the Superintending Engineer. Besides these, 5 buildings were slated for yearly maintenance, and 3 were recommended for adept inspection by NIT-C oregon the Government Engineering College, Kozhikode.
The Mayor added that decisions should not beryllium made solely based connected reports from engineers attached to the Corporation office, stating that inspections by autarkic institutions specified arsenic NIT-C would beryllium much transparent and reliable. The assembly approved the proposal.
The buildings initially recommended for demolition included the tract of the caller slab illness successful Valiyangadi, arsenic good arsenic structures successful Puthiyangadi Market, Karaparamba, Puthiyara, Cherooty Road, West Hill, and Triveni.
The assembly besides decided to renew the licences of traders astatine the Karaparamba and Puthiyangadi food marketplace buildings, primitively marked for demolition, provided their erstwhile licences had expired. Renewals volition beryllium granted aft obtaining a ceremonial affidavit from the traders.
Meanwhile, UDF Council enactment person S.V. Mohammed Shameel questioned wherefore the State authorities had yet to denote compensation for the 4 workers who died successful the accident, contempt 2 weeks having passed since the incident.
