Overview
- On June 24 a roof collapse at an under‑construction warehouse in Taratala killed 16 people and prompted a Special Investigation Team probe and arrests.
- After intensified inspections, the government has cleared 192–193 previously stalled projects to resume work following safety audits.
- Authorities have issued formal notices to 27 projects for major deviations from approved plans, including cases where four‑storey permissions were exceeded by six or seven storeys.
- The state has made soil tests, structural audits and plan verification mandatory and set up a special task force and a high‑level committee led by PWD Secretary Antara Acharya to monitor compliance.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said promoters and officials responsible for illegal construction will be publicly produced and questioned, a step that could accelerate enforcement and delay some approvals for developers.