To bring down unsafe Chintels towers, builder turns to firm that demolished Supertech buildings
No casualty was reported in the incident as the tower was vacant and its surroundings cordoned off after a partial collapse of six floors in the same tower claimed two lives in February 2022. Since then, four more towers — E, F, G and H — have been declared unsafe.
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Meanwhile, residents of towers G and H who have not moved said they would only leave once rehabilitation through alternative accommodation is provided. Chintels is in talks with Edifice Engineering, which demolished the Supertech twin towers in Noida last year, to bring down five unsafe towers in its Chintels Paradiso project in Gurgaon.
This comes days after the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) asked them to cordon off these towers for demolition following the collapse of four balconies in Tower D on November 9. No casualty was reported in the incident as the tower was vacant and its surroundings cordoned off after a partial collapse of six floors in the same tower claimed two lives in February 2022. Since then, four more towers — E, F, G and H — have been declared unsafe.
J N Yadav, Chintels India Limited Vice-President, told The Indian Express: “We have written to Central Building Research Institute and Edifice Engineering, and are awaiting permission from the district administration to cordon off the entire area declared unsafe, including lawns in these five towers. Once permission is received, we will sign an MoU with Edifice.”
Edifice’s partner Uttkarsh Mehta said they were in talks with the builder. “We have requested a detailed technical site visit. We are awaiting permission from them so we can visit and give them a proper techno-commercial offer,” he added.
Yadav further added that they had written to the administration and the RWA, seeking permission to cordon off the lawns (facing the five towers). As the entire structure is unsafe, it could sabotage the safety of residents of other towers frequenting the area, he added.
In an e-mail to the administration and the DTP (Enforcement), Chintels said, “We had repeatedly requested you to use your good offices to evict remaining occupants of Towers G and H and to assist us in barricading the unsafe areas. We are happy that the ADC had verbally ordered the remaining occupants of the said towers to vacate as soon as possible. However, we urge the government team to reconsider their order to us (which said) not to barricade unsafe parts of the basement below, along with areas on top including the central lawns. We would like to bring to your notice once again that the central lawn facing the five unsafe towers is built on the ceiling of the basement, below which the entire structure has been declared to be structurally weak and unsafe. We have repeatedly warned residents not to go in that area because the slab on which the central lawns rest has been declared structurally unsafe and could collapse at any time.”
The mail further states that they have also been instructed by the visiting team to seek expert technical advice for Phase 2, consisting of Towers A, B, C and H, to identify any areas that require repair/retrofitting and to accordingly repair them. “We once again inform you that we have already engaged services of CSIR-CBRI for a complete audit of those towers and for recommending any repair works that need to be undertaken,” the mail further stated.
Meanwhile, residents of towers G and H who have not moved said they would only leave once rehabilitation through alternative accommodation is provided.
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