The Economic Times | RWAs demand structural audit of Delhi-NCR highrises

Feb 18,2023

With the recent earthquake in southern Turkiye toppling hundreds of highrise buildings, the Confederation of NCR Residents Welfare Association (CONRWA) has demanded a structural audit of all residential buildings, especially the highrises, in Delhi-NCR.

On Friday, the residents' body shot a letter to Union urban development minister Hardeep Singh Puri stating that since NCR comes under seismic zone 4, which is a high- damage risk zone, the government should make necessary amendments in the Central Building Rules and make structural audits mandatory of all buildings before allowing possession.

The umbrella RWA body also demanded that the said audit should be repeated every five years, in its letter to the Union minister.

The umbrella RWA body has sent a copy of the letter to the offices of the Prime Minister and chief ministers of UP, Delhi and Haryana and the chief secretaries of the respective states.