India, April 22 -- The Bombay high court directed Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) to nominate two experts to conduct a full audit, including structural audit, to assess the overall construction quality of the rehabilitation building in Siddharth Nagar aka Patra Chawl, by next Monday. This directive comes after tenants of the erstwhile barracks complained that the construction quality of the buildings was very poor. The petitioner, Yamuna Shejwal, a 73-year-old Patra Chawl tenant, approached the high court on Wednesday after a slab fell from the permanent alternate accommodation allotted to her at Goregaon on April 14.

Patra Chawls were originally built as military barracks by the British during World War II. After indepen...