The report, which is yet to be tabled before the State Legislative Assembly, was submitted to government in July, 2014. The report that was expected to establish the causes that led to the collapse of the under construction building in Ruby Residency complex is been kept under wraps.
Then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had told the State Legislative Assembly that the report is an eye-opener to the fact of how irregularities are mushrooming in the government departments while granting permissions for projects. Sources in the government have revealed that the Commission is believed to have come across various procedural and administrative lapses on the part of the government department during the course of the inquiry.
Around 50 persons, including officials and individuals were summoned to depose before the Commission, including Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar who had an office in the complex, former Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao, former Canacona MLA Vijai Pai Khot, Chief Town Planner S T Puttaraju, Director of Municipal Administration Elvis Gomes, all the former Canacona chief officers and municipal engineers, Crime Branch DySP Sammy Tavares, building contractor Vishwas Desai, structural engineer, architect, Canacona police officials etc.
The Jha Commission of Inquiry was set up by the government to inquire into the immediate and proximate causes of the building collapse and recommend measure to avert such incidents in the future. The Commission was also asked to determine the circumstances and sequence of events leading to the collapse of the building; to fix responsibility, both individual and institutional, for the collapse of this building and for buildings already built that are structurally unsafe; and to determine the administrative, procedural and statutory lapses of various departments.
