<p>The Palike authorities said there was no need for any inquiry into the wall collapse case. <br />To substantiate their argument, they said a no -parking sign board had been displayed at the spot, which people ignored at their peril. <br /><br />They also said the 100-year-old wall could not stand the rain fury. Thus, there will not be any inquiry into the wall collapse case.<br /><br />Old wall<br /><br />"Our engineers have told me that people ignored the no parking sign board. Also it was an old wall," said the BBMP engineer-in-chief B T Ramesh.<br /><br />However, the local residents, shopkeepers and the people who lost their vehicles rejected the BBMP’s argument, saying that there was no such board placed near the ill-fated wall.<br /><br />Officials said the wall was surely old but was demolished last year for the ABVP convention. <br />The wall was later rebuilt and the interior portion was filled with soil to make it a parking lot. However, the 30-foot wall was built on the 100-year-old foundation, resulting in the tragedy.</p>
<p>The Palike authorities said there was no need for any inquiry into the wall collapse case. <br />To substantiate their argument, they said a no -parking sign board had been displayed at the spot, which people ignored at their peril. <br /><br />They also said the 100-year-old wall could not stand the rain fury. Thus, there will not be any inquiry into the wall collapse case.<br /><br />Old wall<br /><br />"Our engineers have told me that people ignored the no parking sign board. Also it was an old wall," said the BBMP engineer-in-chief B T Ramesh.<br /><br />However, the local residents, shopkeepers and the people who lost their vehicles rejected the BBMP’s argument, saying that there was no such board placed near the ill-fated wall.<br /><br />Officials said the wall was surely old but was demolished last year for the ABVP convention. <br />The wall was later rebuilt and the interior portion was filled with soil to make it a parking lot. However, the 30-foot wall was built on the 100-year-old foundation, resulting in the tragedy.</p>