Thane, Apr 16 (PTI) The Thane Municipal Corporation plans to demolish the Wagle ward committee office building as the ground-plus-two structure has become “extremely dangerous”, an official said on Thursday.
The building is 30 years old, and a proposal to raze it and construct a new one will be taken up for discussion in the TMC general body meeting of April 20, he added.
The estimated cost of the reconstruction project is pegged between Rs 15 crore and Rs 20 crore, the official informed.
“Since the ground plus two-floor building of the Wagle Ward Committee Office has become extremely dangerous, appointment of an architect to construct a new one. As per the latest assessment, the building is in a very bad condition and the columns and beams have cracked at many places,” the agenda note tabled by the Public Works Department said.
In the interim, the ward office is proposed to be shifted to an available administrative building at Kashish Park, it added. PTI COR BNM
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