CMDA survey reveals 182 buildings deviated from original plan

Chennai:

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has till now surveyed 314
multi-storied as well as special buildings and found that 182 of them
had deviated from the original plan.

A CMDA official told Express that CMDA inspection teams have till now
surveyed 149 multi-storied buildings as well as 165 special buildings.


During the survey it was found that 161 buildings had minor deviations
and 21 had major deviations. The 21 buildings which had major
deviations were issued stop work notices, the CMDA official said.

However, the official refused to share details of the 21 buildings
where major deviations had been found. “These pertain to the columns
in the buildings and the developers have vowed to set it right. The
details would create confusion and fear among the people,” he said.


On buildings with minor deviations, he said they would get their
completion certificate only after the defects were rectified, the

 The inspection by CMDA officials comes in the wake of the collapse of
11-storied Moulivakkam building that killed more than 60 people. A
total of 700 buildings were ordered to be inspected for structural
defects.

The survey is likely to be completed in the next one week



Survey status:

Multi-storied Buildings:  149

Special buildings:  165

Major deviations:  21

Minor deviations:  161