Urgent Pre-Monsoon Building Work Can Resume

The Maharashtra state government on Tuesday issued an amendment to the lockdown notification, allowing urgent pre-monsoon works like waterproofing and demolition of unsafe buildings. The notification states that a sub-clause has been added in the revised lockdown notification issued on April 17, under which relaxations were announced. Urgent pre-monsoon work includes protection of buildings, shuttering, waterproofing, flood protection, propping and structural repairs of building, demolition of unsafe buildings. The state government already permitted pre-monsoon work by BMC and other agencies.