Gurugram, Nov 5: Nearly nine months after a portion of the roof of a building in Gurugram’s Chintels Paradiso society collapsed, Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said on Saturday that tower D of the residential complex will be demolished as the structural audit of IIT Delhi has declared the tower “uninhabitable”.
On February 10 this year, a portion of the roof of the sixth floor of tower D in Chintels Paradiso Society in Sector 109, Gurugram collapsed in which two people were killed while half a dozen people were injured.
After this incident, keeping in mind the demand of the residents of the society, the district administration conducted a structural investigation of this tower by the IIT Delhi team.
In the IIT Delhi investigation, it was found that tower D is uninhabitable and substandard material was used in its construction. Further samples of tower E and tower F of the society have also been taken, the report of which will also be released soon.
Now Gurugram administration has issued orders to demolish the tower, however, detailed orders mentioning when the tower will be demolished and how it will be demolished will be issued on Monday. There are over 50 flats in tower D of the society.
Meanwhile, the Gurugram district administration issued orders to the builder to settle the claim from the allottees of tower D or give them monetary compemsation or give the new flat within a stipulated timeframe.
Addressing media persons, Gurugram DC Nishant Kumar Yadav said, “We will pass orders to demolish tower D of Chintels Paradiso society in Gurugram’s Sec-109 where a portion of an apartment’s roof collapsed on Feb 10 leading to many injuries and the death of two people. Will direct to settle claims of tower D allottees within a timeline.” (ANI)
