Mumbai hoarding collapse: From Mini Mathur to Soni Razdan-- celebrities pull up BMC over tragedy
discharged after treatment. The other injured people are still receiving treatment at the hospital. The tragedy evoked reactions from various influential people and celebrities, such as Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, actor Vijay Verma, Soni Razdan, and Mini Mathur, who expressed their shock at the accident.
"14 dead. Om Shanti 60 injured From a billboard collapse. Unacceptable.
And we're a city trying to transform itself into a modern metropolis. CM @mieknathshinde has ordered a probe into all hoardings. Stringent rules must follow," Anand Mahindra said in a post on X.
"Life in our country has zero value. Whose hoarding is it? Who allowed it to stand there for years? The blame game this week will lead to no answers, and the corrupt nexus that allowed the open flouting of rules will never be taken apart. Disgusting," actor Mini Mathur said in an Instagram story.
"But why do they only discover this illegal hoarding AFTER it's killed people? Isn't the @my_bmc therefore liable for prosecution in this case then? For not doing their due diligence before such a disaster takes place?" Soni Razdan said while resharing the video of the hoarding collapse. Actor Vijay Verma also shared the tragedy video on his Instagram story and wrote "Oh no." The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sprang into action after the Mumbai hoarding collapse and started removing all illegal hoardings from the city. The civic body also asked the company behind the Ghatkopar hoarding to remove all their other billboards installed in Mumbai.
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