182 buildings deviated from the original plan-CMDA
Posted on: 26/Jul/2014 12:01:30 PM
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 columnsin 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 theircompletion 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
