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With a fourth tower – G – in the residential community of Chintels Paradiso declared unsafe and uninhabitable by IIT-Delhi in its audit report, the Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon issued an order requiring residents to vacate within 15 days.
Calling Section 144 of the CrPC, DC and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority Chief Nishant Kumar Yadav, quoted the IIT report dated 10 March and issued the order on 12 June.
Over a year ago, a large section of a sixth-floor apartment in the community’s Tower D collapsed all the way up to the first floor, killing two women and injuring a man. There are nine towers in Chintels and four of them have been declared unsafe so far – E, F, D and G.
Meanwhile, residents of Tower G said the matter had not been reported to the RWA. B.B. Harish, a resident of the tower, said, “The audit report was released to the public in June. Management has been sitting on it for three months. Twelve days after the publication of the report, there is an order issuing leave. The report clearly says that the material is corroding and the tower is not safe for habitation. Wasn’t it unsafe in the three months before we were informed? “
Residents said the case was in the Supreme Court and they were waiting for the next hearing on July 4. “How can such orders be passed when the matter is the subject of a secondary judgment?… The preventive steps taken by the DC must be issued along with an appropriate method of rehabilitation… We have requested either an apartment or a temporary lease until the apartment is rebuilt in the same building.” “We haven’t received the proper decision,” said Manuja Singh, another resident of Tower G.
The audit report stated that there was “rapid and widespread corrosion of the reinforcement almost throughout the hull”. “This corrosion is caused by the chlorides that were mixed into the concrete at the time of its production. It also seems that the need for frequent repair in the structures, as reported by the residents, was caused by the corrosion of the steel reinforcement due to the presence of these chlorides. The poor quality of the concrete also played a role in the rapid deterioration. Given Due to the high content of chloride in the concrete almost throughout the structure, the repair of these structures for safe use is not technically and economically feasible. In the present case, due to the rapid corrosion of the reinforcement due to the presence of chlorides, the structure is not safe for habitation.” He Said.
The construction company has given two options to the residents to settle with the owners of the four-tower flats. JN Yadav Senior VP, Chintels India said: “We have offered two options – one to buy back at 6,500 per sq ft plus actual stamp duty paid plus cost of interiors as determined by Government Appointed Evaluators. We have also given an option Second to rebuild, in which case we will charge Rs 1,000 per square foot created to increase the cost of materials, but we will not pay rent. We have not issued any notice of eviction.”
However, Singh said, “How can they expect us to bear the cost of EMI and pay the rent at the same time?” They said it would be rebuilt in three years. Tower D resident Vikram Gambhir, who now resides in Tower C, said.
DC Yadav said that the tower is not safe and should be evacuated soon. “Compensation will be provided by the builder and rent will be paid until a settlement is reached. We will make sure that happens.”
The order states that SIT is looking into the issue of compensation by the originator. It also said that legal action would be taken against violators under IPC Section 188 and Sections 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act 2005.
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