India, Aug. 22 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to immediately implement safety standards for under-construction, high-rise projects across the state, after taking serious note of recurring accidents at construction sites.

The bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Arif S Doctor was hearing a petition filed by Lokhandwala Residency Towers Cooperative Housing Society, triggered by an accident on February 14, 2023. During the construction of a high-rise project, 'Four Seasons Private Residences Phase I and Phase II' in Worli, by Provenance Land Pvt Ltd, a large cement block had fallen from the 52nd floor, killing two people.

The petition stated that it can never be countenanced that innocent lives are los...