Mumbai mayor rejects BMC report on Chembur tree crash that killed 11-year-old

MUMBAI: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Thursday rejected the BMC inquiry report on the Chembur tree crash that killed 11 year-old Vihaan Srivastav. In the general body meeting, she said the findings failed to fix accountability and directed the civic administration to conduct a fresh inquiry.The report came under severe attack in the BMC house, with corporators across party lines asking why officials and contractors had largely escaped responsibility in the case of achild’s death.Leader of the house Ganesh Khankar slammed the report, alleging that the roads department had not issued “even a single letter” to the contractor after the garden department categorically raised objection. “An 11-year-old boy has died. Can a penalty of Rs 7 lakh be the price of a child’s life? Contractors cannot run Mumbai. We, the elected corporators, will run the BMC,” Khankar said, demanding that the report be rejected and a thirdparty audit ordered.