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Builder boulder

The Court asks for a list of buildings, which do not adhere to building and fire safety norms.

But violations are so rampant, and so in the face, that the list could well read like a telephone directory! The builders get away with murder and it is the hapless people investing a lifetime's savings, who get to live in their flawed edifices bearing the brunt of the builders' follies.

Suggest funny ways to teach the builders a fitting lesson. Cut off essential supplies to their houses, create a benami certificate and claim his house is yours and even better, donate it to a local dairy farm! Builder remedies should reach hydlife@thehindu.co.in or The City Editor, The Hindu, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 16 before February 12. Cartoons are welcome too. The best three entries will win prizes from...

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