At least four families were evacuated from a six-year-old residential building in Gurugram’s Sector 31 on Friday after it developed cracks and tilted amid construction work on an adjoining plot, prompting police to halt the work and issue precautionary evacuation notices to residents of three neighbouring buildings.
Police said residents had raised the alarm about the building at plot number 769 on Thursday, following which police reached the spot between 9.30 pm and 10 pm and verbally asked the residents to evacuate the building. The civic authorities were also alerted. Meanwhile, residents alleged that careless excavation by a JCB operator at the adjoining plot had caused the building to tilt slightly and develop cracks. However, our domestic help also noticed that the pillars appeared to have tilted slightly and that the building seemed to have subsided. They added that the building was only six years old, making the damage and the need to move out particularly distressing. “Most of our furniture and household belongings are still inside the house. Our priority was to get out safely. others have arranged to stay with relatives or acquaintances,” he added While some residents have checked into hotels. “This building was just six years old.
Residents said they had raised the issue with the owner of the building under construction on the adjoining plot. “He told us the cracks were minor and would be filled by them. We subsequently lodged a complaint at the local police station,” said Parvesh Kumar Atri. Residents said they had vacated the affected building, carrying essential belongings and bags, and that the incident had left them in a difficult situation. Residents’ welfare association (RWA) president BS Yadav said residents had informed him about the incident. I also have told the immediate neighbours of the affected building to move out.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) (east) Anil Kumar said that on Friday afternoon, notices were issued to residents living in the three buildings adjacent to the affected building, asking them to evacuate as a precautionary measure. In newspapers on Monday we read Sushantlok incident, we didn’t know a similar incident will be reported next in our sector,” he said.
