C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The lone remaining 11-storied Moulivakkam Building on the crash site, where the lives of 61 workers were snuffed out, is fit only to be a four-storey building and is unable to take in the weight of additional floors, according to one of the committee members appointed by the Supreme Court who submitted a stability report of the building.
L P Singh, general manager (Structure), National Building Construction, who was appointed as one of the committee member to submit the report on whether the building was safe or not, stated that the design of the building was faulty.
“The fault was basically with the design and the size of the columns. It was designed in such a way that the building can’t take the weight beyond four floors,” said Singh.
Interestingly, the report submitted by Singh and IIT Delhi assistant professor Shasank Bishnoi sealed the fate of the building in the Supreme Court on Thursday which ordered it to be demolished..
The Supreme Court constituted the committee on March 18 after hearing an appeal by the Tamil Nadu government against the Madras High Court's order which quashed the Kancheepuram collector's directive to demolish the 11-storey building at Moulivakkam by Prime Sristi Housing Private Limited.
On June 28, 2014, a 11-storey under-construction apartment complex by Prime Sristi Housing Private Limited collapsed killing 60 people, almost all of them construction workers. Another block at the same site was ordered to be demolished by the Kancheepuram collector after an enquiry by the state government found that this structure was also unsafe.
But the Madras High Court on November 26, 2015 quashed the district collector's order citing procedural violations in issuing the order. The state government has appealed against the high court verdict in the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, Kancheepuram Collectorate officials have welcomed the order. “Now it is up to the CMDA to demolish the building,” a senior official told Express.
Interestingly, the order to demolish the building had a mixed reaction among the buyers. “We welcome the Supreme Court decision which highlighted our stance that the design of the building was faulty but we also want the government and the courts to understand our plight,” said Ratna Mishra, who had brought a flat in the ill-fated building that collapsed.
“”I bought the building for 45 lakh and am currently paying a EMI of Rs 53,000 for a lot which is non-existent. If everything had gone well, we would have occupied the flat in 2014,” said Ratna.
Anirudh, a manager (legal) with a multinational company, who owns a flat in the building which was ordered to be demolished says that the demolition comes as a big relief to the flat buyers. “We were actually worried about the fate of the building as it was a unsafe structure. Now since the Supreme court itself has termed it unsafe and ordered it to be pulled down, we feel it has opened a can of worms against the builder, who is facing cases in consumer courts and other fora,” said Anirudh
Chennai:
The lone remaining 11-storied Moulivakkam Building on the crash site, where the lives of 61 workers were snuffed out, is fit only to be a four-storey building and is unable to take in the weight of additional floors, according to one of the committee members appointed by the Supreme Court who submitted a stability report of the building.
L P Singh, general manager (Structure), National Building Construction, who was appointed as one of the committee member to submit the report on whether the building was safe or not, stated that the design of the building was faulty.
“The fault was basically with the design and the size of the columns. It was designed in such a way that the building can’t take the weight beyond four floors,” said Singh.
Interestingly, the report submitted by Singh and IIT Delhi assistant professor Shasank Bishnoi sealed the fate of the building in the Supreme Court on Thursday which ordered it to be demolished..
The Supreme Court constituted the committee on March 18 after hearing an appeal by the Tamil Nadu government against the Madras High Court's order which quashed the Kancheepuram collector's directive to demolish the 11-storey building at Moulivakkam by Prime Sristi Housing Private Limited.
On June 28, 2014, a 11-storey under-construction apartment complex by Prime Sristi Housing Private Limited collapsed killing 60 people, almost all of them construction workers. Another block at the same site was ordered to be demolished by the Kancheepuram collector after an enquiry by the state government found that this structure was also unsafe.
But the Madras High Court on November 26, 2015 quashed the district collector's order citing procedural violations in issuing the order. The state government has appealed against the high court verdict in the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, Kancheepuram Collectorate officials have welcomed the order. “Now it is up to the CMDA to demolish the building,” a senior official told Express.
Interestingly, the order to demolish the building had a mixed reaction among the buyers. “We welcome the Supreme Court decision which highlighted our stance that the design of the building was faulty but we also want the government and the courts to understand our plight,” said Ratna Mishra, who had brought a flat in the ill-fated building that collapsed.
“”I bought the building for 45 lakh and am currently paying a EMI of Rs 53,000 for a lot which is non-existent. If everything had gone well, we would have occupied the flat in 2014,” said Ratna.
Anirudh, a manager (legal) with a multinational company, who owns a flat in the building which was ordered to be demolished says that the demolition comes as a big relief to the flat buyers. “We were actually worried about the fate of the building as it was a unsafe structure. Now since the Supreme court itself has termed it unsafe and ordered it to be pulled down, we feel it has opened a can of worms against the builder, who is facing cases in consumer courts and other fora,” said Anirudh
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