Harish Pant, a retired central government official, spent nearly Rs 8 lakh on the interiors of his three-bedroom flat in the ‘NBCC Green View’ group housing project in Sector 37D here in January last year to set his “dream” “To shift to. Home ”with his family. But it’s been over a year, and his dream of spending a retired life in his own home still eludes him.
The lockdown was delayed and then when he visited the flat in August, he was released to check on its condition. “I was shocked to see big cracks on the two walls of the living room. The molding tiles in the adjoining bedroom were automatically sealed. The cracks only widened during subsequent visits. Mr. Pant, former director of the Federation of Indian Organizations, said, “I have just got them repaired, but it is still decided whether to shift or not.” He claimed that he also wrote to the NBCC chief twice, but there was no response.
Although it has been more than three years in the expansion of the 18-acre residential project of Navratna Enterprises, National Buildings Construction Corporation (India) Limited, a blue-chip government of India, completed in late 2017, the big miss The patches of plasters that peel off the towers and walls expose rusty reinforcements and cracks in beams, columns, and slabs. This does not just make the buildings dilapidated, with residents saying they were afraid of living in “dangerous” structures.
Lintels and one-two balconies near the lift areas have also been supported to prevent falls.
The basement area, enough to accommodate about 1,000 cars, is empty. Instead, it is filled with foul water due to leakage and seepage. The groundwater in the substation area drains out and is pumped round the clock to protect it from flooding.
Deepak Jain, treasurer of the Association of Apartment Owners (AOOO), pointed out that the ground-water table was high in this part of the city, but no water-proofing work was done for the society. “If the water is not pumped out from the sub-station, it can be affected by floods in no time, which is a major danger to the residents,” Mr. Jain said.
President of AOAO. Mohanty said that soon after the internal work, cracks appeared on the walls, floors and pillars of his flat. “When I wrote to NBCC, they advised me to get it repaired. But the cracks reappeared and this is the story with almost all the flats in this society, ”said Mr. Mohanty. He said that the residents, all retired central government employees, feel cheated by the government and want their money back.
AOAO general secretary Randhir Singh said that the residents wrote more than one hundred letters to the company, the ministry and other related agencies, but nothing concrete had been done yet. After a virtual meeting with the minister last August, the NBCC hired an IIT-Delhi team to “advise on the condition of the buildings”. The scope of the Delhi-IIT team was limited to “virtual inspection”. It was an eye wash. The letter states that ‘thorough proof investigation of the structural designs of the building’ is not part of its scope. Mr. Mohanty argued that the team had been told to misuse previously available reports.
Cvc report
A Central Vigilance Commission report on the case, two years ago, pointed to poor planning and structural design in relation to the basement, no monitoring of the quantity of cement during construction, details of technical staff deployed to its team during construction Does not provide and does not comply. Specific conditions set forth in environmental clearances. It was also noticed that the water-proofing work was not done and the residents provided him photographs showing heavy retrofitting of the newly constructed towers made by the NBCC. The CVC stated that it proved to be a poor quality of work.
When contacted, the NBCC argued that the residents had been living in a housing society for the last four years and that “in the last 4 years, Delhi-NCR has witnessed more than 30 earthquakes and the building is safe without any crisis.” It further stated that the IIT-Delhi team appointed to examine the minor and medium cracks were of the opinion that the structure met the strength of the design and that it was being observed that only the corrosion was induced due to the chloride content.
“IIT Delhi has already suggested ways to address this issue. NBCC sprang into action as a responsible company and has already undertaken extensive repairs. It said that the scope of IIT-Delhi includes everything that should have been done for the same.
On technical testing by the CVC, NBCC stated that its report did not receive other statutory approvals, including poor planning and structure design and environmental clearances and occupation certificates. “Further, the due process for compliance with the CVC report is being followed,” NBCC (India) said.
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