New Delhi, July 13 -- Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Saturday blamed 15 years of systemic corruption and vote bank politics for the Seelampur building collapse that claimed two lives, and said such incidents are recurring only in "certain types of areas" of the city. Mishra alleged that a similar tragedy occurred recently in Mustafabad and warned that unless illegal and unsafe constructions are tackled head-on, such incidents will continue.
"In certain types of areas, buildings are collapsing," Mishra, the Culture and Tourism Minister, said while inspecting the site of the collapse in the Welcome area of Seelampur in northeast Delhi.
"In the last 10-15 years, a terrible game of corruption has been played due to vote-bank politics. The mas...