Ninth tower of Chintels also declared unsafe
Tower B, the ninth and last tower of Chintels Paradiso in Gurugram, has also been declared unsafe for habitation and the builder has written to the Deputy Commissioner (DC), seeking the evacuation of the entire society for the demolition of the housing project.
It was in 2022 that Tower D of the Sector 109 society partially collapsed, killing two persons, following which the structural audit of all towers was ordered. The CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, conducted the audit and declared nine towers unsafe for human habitation owing to “high chloride content of the structure and corrosion”. The builder, accepting the report, has now sought demolition orders for this tower.
“The last remaining tower ie Tower B has now also been declared unsafe by the CSIR-CBRI. The administration had earlier applied the National Disaster Act to six towers D, E, F, G, H and J and ordered their demolition. The DC had also ordered an evaluation of the current market value of all flats, along with the cost of interiors, to determine a fair compensation amount for each flat. We herein request you to pass a similar order in the case of Towers A, B and C, so we can also demolish these at the earliest and compensate flat owners accordingly. We assure you of our fullest cooperation to vacate the towers and hereby agree to pay one-time shifting charges of Rs 40,000 to all flat owners living in A, B and C,” read the email shot by the builder.
It may be noted that there are a total of 192 flats across these three towers and 160 families are yet to be evacuated. The builder has so far offered two options to flat owners: The first is reconstruction, wherein residents pay Rs 1,000 per sq ft to have their flats reconstructed after demolition, which is yet to take off. The second option is a settlement, as part of which the builder will pay Rs 6,500 per sqft to buyers, reimburse the actual stamp duty paid by flat owners and reimburse the renovation cost as evaluated by independent evaluators appointed by the government.
