Chintels Paradiso project: Two more towers declared unsafe by IIT-Delhi report

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Two more towers in the Chintels Paradiso project in Gurgaon where a portion of a sixth-floor apartment in a building in Tower D collapsed all the way to the first floor last year was declared unsafe on February 14 by the structural audit report submitted by IIT-Delhi to the Gurgaon administration.

Vishram Kumar Meena, additional deputy commissioner, Gurugram, told Moneycontrol that the evacuation order for these two towers - E and F - will be issued tomorrow (February 15).

However, Chintels' spokesperson said they haven’t received the audit report so far and once they get a copy, they will study it and might take a second opinion from CBRI.

On February 10 last year, the ceilings of several flats in tower D of the complex collapsed, killing two. Following the incident, besides a police investigation, a probe was ordered into the matter and a team of experts from IIT-Delhi was asked to conduct a structural audit. The report was submitted to the administration in November last year but it was under review by the administration.

Residents of Chintels Paradiso had been claiming that are living under constant threat to their lives. They had said that the report was to be given to them in November this year, but it is yet to happen.

In November, the Gurugram district administration had ordered the demolition of tower D of the society after it was found unfit for habitation. The demolition order had also noted that there was sagging in one of the balconies of tower F and other signs of distress in various other flats of towers E and F. As a result, the administration advised the evacuation of these two towers.

Currently, 40 families are residing in towers E and F. As many as 28 families in tower D are living in rented accommodations in the same complex. The developer is paying these owners Rs 25,000 a month towards rental expenses for a three-BHK flat, and Rs 37,000 for a four-BHK unit. The 18-storied tower D has 50 flats.

The affected homebuyers of the Chintels Paradiso society had also moved the Supreme Court, demanding their flats be reconstructed at the same site or they be awarded “fair” compensation so that they could buy similar accommodation in the neighbourhood.