Before the onset of monsoons, the East and North Delhi Municipal Corporation have decided to demolish unsafe buildings in the national Capital. In 2015, the civic agencies had identified 293 buildings in City zone, 117 in SP zone, and one building in Rohini zone.
According to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation data, an inspection team will pick a particular area of every zone and spot dangerous buildings. “In a similar case, a chunk of properties were declared dangerous during a drive in May 2015 under Section 348 and 349 of the DMC Act 1957 where the properties that consisted of four and a half floor were found dangerous at the time of inspection.
The owners immediately had to vacate the properties and demolition started. The owner also gave a written undertaking wherein they have owned the responsibility of demolition and risk factors involved,” said a senior official in North MCD.
As per the rules and regulations, civil engineers of the MCD conduct the survey to identify the dangerous buildings and judge the buildings’ strength. Officials said the action depends upon the degree of damage.
If a building is found worthy of repair, a notice is issued to the owner of the building to order repair of the building. In case of severe damage, the eviction notice is served to the owner on the spot and the building is demolished.
During a survey of dangerous buildings of North MCD, 27 buildings were demolished in year 2012, 10 buildings in year 2013 and 3 buildings were demolished in 2014 in City zone. In S.P. Zone, three buildings were demolished in year 2013 while Karol Bagh zone saw one demolition each in 2012, 2013 and year 2014. In year 2014, two buildings of Rohini zone were partly demolished. In Civil line zone, two buildings were demolished in year 2013.
“Ahead of the monsoon season, East and North Municipal Corporations conducts a survey where it finds out the dangerous buildings that can pose a risk to human life. During rains, the buildings are much more prone to untoward incidents so we conduct a survey to find out the vulnerable spots,” said Yogender Singh Mann, Director Public Relations, North and East MCD.