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Lucknow Building Collapse
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Infamous builder Yazdan has once again caused pain to the people of Lucknow. Now illegal construction has started in the sense of Yajdan builder. It would not be an exaggeration to say so. Apart from selling flats built in an unsafe way, Yazdan builder has been infamous in the city for occupying government lands and erecting apartments by illegal construction. Recently, this is why the LDA demolished an apartment of the builder on Prag Narayan Road. At the same time, the builder erected a seven-storey building different from the approved map in the metropolitan extension.
If Yazdan had acted honestly, the people in Alaya Apartment would not have been buried under the rubble. People kept asking the reason for digging and drilling in Alaya, everyone was told different reasons. There was a quarrel but the builder did not agree. It is clear that his intention was to do something else there and an accident happened in between.
The fault is not only of Yazdan but also of the system
The fault is not only of Yazdan, but also of the system. Apart from the engineers and officers of LDA, police, fire department were also in connivance for the illegal construction of the builder. This was the reason that in a decade, the builder not only built residential buildings one after the other, but also strengthened his political influence.
This was the reason that he fought the assembly elections in 2017 on a BSP ticket with the proceeds of illegal construction tax.
Builder Fahad Yazdani, however, had to face defeat badly in this election. His close relations with senior SP leader Shahid Manzoor are also being told. It is also discussed that Shahid Manzoor had bought the penthouse built on the highest floor. He later sold it.
