Uncertainty looms for residents of ‘safe’ tower at Chintels: ‘People are dying waging this battle’

A chap nonmigratory of Tower B, BSES authoritative Anil Kaushik, said “we were told ours were premium flats and we pooled successful each our wealth astatine the clip of retirement”. “They volition implicit the task successful six years aft the demolition, however galore of america volition beryllium alive?”

He pointed retired that a nonmigratory of Tower D, Vikram Gambhir, who was perpetually penning to the authorities, died recently. “People are dying portion waging this battle. Every greeting and evening, our conversations are connected this… everyone asks what our plans are. There is truthful overmuch distress. On apical of this, the medication is with them and is exerting unit connected america to vacate,” helium alleged.

The 55-year-old owns a level connected the 12th floor. “We volition resist, and if it means going to court, we volition bash so.”

Additional Deputy Commissioner Hitesh Meena said helium was unaware of the matter. District Town Planner Manish Yadav said the contented volition beryllium discussed successful the structural audit committee gathering nether the chairmanship of the Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner.

Malik alleged they’ve been near successful the lurch. “From time one, the builder has been looking to disagreement people, propulsion them retired of 1 operation aft another, and scope a settlement. When the IIT-Delhi study was taking place, they took 5 samples with signatures of owners, but the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) did not…,” helium claimed.

He added that residents of Tower A, the latest declared unsafe, volition soon beryllium called for a gathering with the builder for colony aft which their study volition beryllium released.

On the mode forward, helium said, “We volition conscionable the medication aft gathering the builder. We expect them to bid to redo the audit. Either springiness america a level successful the vicinity oregon springiness implicit rent successful the interim,” helium said.

Meanwhile, Chintels India Limited Vice-President J N Yadav said they sent the study to the territory medication Wednesday and the adjacent program of enactment volition beryllium initiated by it. “The 2 options we extended to different level owners successful the 7 towers use to Tower A residents arsenic well,” helium said.

Kaushik, however, blamed the administration: “If it was evident that Phase 1 of the task (D, E, F, G and H towers) was poor, the medication should person done thing with Phase 2 (A, B, C and J). How tin the admin neglect to instrumentality action?”
The remaining level owners are looking for answers, citing the Madras High Court’s absorption regarding Jains Westminster Apartments. The tribunal had approved redevelopment post-demolition. “A builder successful the aforesaid state is offering 40% of nett to level owners for redeveloping the task whereas Chintels is charging Rs 1,000 per sqft alternatively of sharing profit,” Kaushik claimed.