Gurugram administration to conduct structural audit of 23 housing societies

Sumedha Sharma 

Tribune News Service

Gurugram, July 05

 After visual audit of over 55 societies in Gurugram, the administration has shortlisted 23 societies for further detailed structural audit, after finding their construction quality dubious.

The visual audit was based on several parameters, including, plastering, leakage, seepage, dampness and cracks in the basement, beam, slab and floor dampness, condition of water tanks and shafts built on the roof of the buildings.

According to DC Nishant Yadav, about 23 housing societies were found not adhering to the standards under the aforementioned points during the inspection and thus will now be examined by technical agencies hired by administration.

The societies M/SCHD, CHD Avenue Sector 71, NBCC Heights, Paras Dews Sector 106, Raheja Atharva ,Hermiteage Sector 103, Navodya/Raheja Sector 102, Takshila Heights Sector 37 C have been found in poorest state visually and can be perceived as threat to the residents.

The other societies include  Ansal Estala,Vatiaka G21, Wembley Estate Sector 49, ATS Tournamile Sector 109, Centrum Park, Orris Aster Court Sector 85, North Star Apartments pvt Ltd, GPL Sector 70, Pasarvanath Greenville, Orris Carnation Sector 85, BPTP park, SS group Alminia, Aloha Apartmnet, Vipul Ltd Sector 81, Bestech Park .

“Resident safety is priority. Based on construction quality and structural safety points spelled out be experts, we have prepared a list of parameters and rated 55 societies violating them and shortlisted 23. These will now be audited by technical teams,” said Yadav.

Based on the structural audit report by technical teams, the administration will decide safety status of these societies (whether or not there is any scope of repairing).

Meanwhile, the second phase of structural audit of 15 societies, audited earlier, will commence from July 10, 15. The first audit report of these societies found repairable issues in them.

Post partial collapse of D-Tower of Chintel Pardiso Society in February last year, that claimed two lives, administration was flooded with complaints of unsafe societies and decided to get them audited.