The Municipal Corporation of Delhi had identified 62 buildings as dangerous across the national capital after the a Satya Niketan building housing students collapsed, killing seven.
Civic authorities have already demolished 16 structures and sealed four, according to a survey accessed by News18. The 42 remaining are now slated for either demolition or sealing based on priority. The report was circulated among MCD departments on Monday.
The 62 structures classified as dangerous were based on information compiled from different MCD zones.
One of the buildings that will be demolished including an adjoining structure to the boys' hostel that collapsed on Sunday. A notice by the MCD Commission said that the demolitions would be carried about it calibrated, phase-wise manner after finding is weakened and unsafe.
“The building has weakened, and we will take it up for demolition in a calibrated manner in the next one to two days," MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar said.
The building which survived the collapse is being held up by 18 to 20 iron guardrails placed in the front and back, and centre as a precautionary measure.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the adjacent building will be demolished tomorrow.
Six neighbouring buildings have been sealed following the tragedy.
Lieutenant Governor Sardar Taranjit Singh Sandhu has ordered structural audits of all PG accomodations in the city within a week. The inspections will identify buildings that are suspected of violating height and floor restrictions. The Lieutenant Governor has cautioned against "mindless sealing drives", saying such action could leave students without a roof over their heads while efforts are underway to improve safety.
The MCD on Monday also directed the executive engineers to inspect structures under their jurisdiction and submit reports by September 10. The rinformations would be added to an affidavit which will be filed before the Delhi High Court within 10 days.
The MCD carries out building safety surveys every year ahead of the monsoon season. A June survey however only identified 189 'dangerous' buildings among the 28 lakh structures inspected in the city.
According to the MCD statement, the collapsed building was constructed in the 1990s in a resettlement colony on a plot measuring 55 square yards. Local residents, however, claimed that the building dated back to the 1970s. Officials also said that the area was developed as a resettlement colony in the 70s, with small plots being allotted to residents.
Officials said permission in such resettlement colonies had originally been granted only for ground-plus-one structures. They said the collapsed decades-old G+4 building was being used as a boys' hostel.
The building reportedly had no sanctioned building plan, and no complaints were received regarding the structure, according to the civic body.
