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TARA TALA WARE HOUSE FAILURE||ROLE OF MAYOR FIRHAD HAQIM

 

TARA TALA WARE HOUSE FAILURE

ROLE OF MAYOR FIRHAD HAQIM

SARASIJ MAJUMDER

On the above, I will discuss some minimum but most important technical points, which have legal implications.

First the cause of failure shall be established. State Government must be getting it done by a competent company.

I will just explain a few things for general understanding.

It may be a failure due to ENGINEERING, or Inferior Material used, or Method of Construction adopted, and Execution was wrong.

It may even be a combination of more than one above.

Normally this type of BUILDING has a combined Factor of Safety of 100%. The failure happened because even this limit was exceeded in more than one, rather several  critical structural components. Otherwise—collapse would have been Local, and limited.

Cause Must Be Ascertained.

Mayors can sign technical documents, but their signature typically serves as an Administrative Formality Or Executive Authorization, rather than certifying the technical accuracy of the content.

The signing of technical documents is governed by strict parameters:

Technical Approval: A mayor is typically may not be an engineer, architect, or specialized technical expert. Technical accuracy, code compliance, and structural integrity must be evaluated and signed off by certified, licensed professionals within the respective Corporation/Municipal Department (e.g., the Building, Public Works, or Engineering departments).

The Engineering Department of Kolkata Corporation shall be ISO certified, if already is not.

In this system—there is an engineer, and also an Architect who performs, a senior ‘CHECKS’—and a more experienced Senior Engineer, at least with 15 years of Domain Experience Approves For Construction and stamps ‘AFC’ or IFC.

Then the Drawing/Plan goes to Mayor’s table for ‘Executive Approval’.

Administrative/Executive Approval: The mayor’s role in signing is usually to officially seal the Corporation/Municipal Government's sanctioning of the project, commit public funds, and/or finalize EUL/council approval.

Delegation of Authority: Depending on local jurisdiction rules, Mayors frequently delegate specific execution and contract approvals to the municipal commissioner, City Manager, or Chief Executive Officer.

In this particular case, following shall be reviewed in addition:

1.0  Whether the engineering team had adequate ‘Domain Knowledge, and Experience’?

2.0  If yes, then they are guilty of ‘CRIMINAL NEGFLIGENCE’ causing death.

3.0  If NO, then who authorized them to do the JOB? He is guilty.

4.0  If it is Material failure, was there an approved ‘Material Specification’? If it is supplying lapse—then Supplier is at liable.

5.0  Was there an ‘Approved Construction Procedure’? If not,—C-in-C- is liable.

6.0  Was there a QA/QC procedure? Was there a ‘Safety Officer’ at site, if it happened during execution? In all these cases, C-in-C is liable.

Answer to all of these is, and some more--are needed, before framing the ‘CHARGE’.

Mr. Kunal Ghosh of TMC is trying to convert a Post Accident ‘TECNO-LEGAL’ matter into a Political agenda!

 

NOTE: Author is a Certified Chartered Engineer, M.Tech, and Civil Engineer with 55 years of experience.

Disclaimer: Shared for information only.

Comments

  1. Vijay Khanna28 June 2026 at 15:30

    The incident draws attention of engineers, as the failure seems to have happened for engineering design lapse or construction lapse or both and may a failure at the negligence of work quality or material quality or all put together. Nice of the blogger to have shared the information of collapse. The irony is that it has happened in Calcutta, where the industry at the very place introduced steel structural design and fabrication to the rest of India. A very sorry state of affairs. Had the practices followed by companies like Braithwait, Jessop, Burn standard, Chatterjee and Polk, MN Dastur & Co. and others been followed, this catastrophe would not have happened.
    V K.Khanna, Gurugram - Civil/ Structural Engineer

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