Every year before monsoon the BMC publishes a list of dilapidated structures in the city and asks residents to vacate them. Even after this, many tenants continue to stay in these buildings. According to the BMC, at present there are 407 dilapidated buildings in the city, which include 424 private structures, 57 under the civic body’s jurisdiction and 26 government buildings. 

After the civic body issues the list, it takes action by cutting off electricity and water supply but even after that, some tenants refuse to vacate the structures and approach the high court to secure stay orders. Of the 407 dilapidated buildings, 90 per cent is from last year’s list.