As part of its pre-monsoon preparations Jharkhand housing board has identified 216 red buildings across its Gomia housing colony as extremely dangerous, sources said.
As many as 216 red buildings in Gomia housing colony were declared “highly dangerous to live in” by the Jharkhand housing board on Monday. The administration body has appealed to the residents of these buildings to vacate the structures. As part of its pre-monsoon preparation, JHB has identified 216 buildings across its government housing colony— extremely dangerous. Of these, 216 are privately-illegal owned buildings, some are owned by the local body and few belong to the State government.
According to data obtained from the block office Gomia, it has vacated dozen buildings till date. Of these, all are belong to the state Jharkhand housing board, said Sudhir Prakash BDO, Gomia block.
A block official said, “We conducted a structural audit before sending notices to residents asking them to vacate the premises. After this, we disconnect power and water supply to the buildings before demolishing them.” The JHB classifies all types of buildings as denotes extremely dangerous buildings that need to be pulled down, buildings require major structural repairs and some structures need minor repairs.
“We have been directed to convince the residents and make them aware of the dangers by showing them, said Sudhir Prakash BDO Gomia. Sudhir said in case residents still refuse to vacate the buildings, the department will take action, like severing water and electricity connections. On Monday, Sudhir took to local and appealed to people living in the red classified buildings to vacate them.
The issue of tenants and owners refusing to vacate dilapidated buildings is not new. last few year, to speed up and streamline the process of declaring buildings dangerous. The JHB sends notices to tenants and owner of buildings under Jharkhand housing board rules Under it, residents are asked to vacate the premises within time frame.