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GHMC mulls razing rickety bldgs
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has constituted special teams to inspect the structural strength of commercial establishments which are over three decades old.
Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has constituted special teams to inspect the structural strength of commercial establishments which are over three decades old.
The corporation will take the help of experts from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU-H) and structural engineers to check the stability of over two lakh commercial establishments across the city.
According to a town planning official, the GHMC is taking all measures to ensure safety for citizens. In this endeavour, the civic body would first serve notices to owners of dilapidated buildings to take up repairs.
In case the buildings are beyond repair, the GHMC would take up demolition, which it plans to do it from the last week of December.
GHMC commissioner B Janardhan Reddy directed deputy commissioner to hold a meeting on Saturday with the owners of commercial establishments.
The corporation took this decision in the wake of a worker’s death on Monday night on account of wall collapse in the Chandralok complex. GHMC Mayor B Rammohan and commissioner B Janardhan Reddy had a narrow escape on Tuesday when a parapet wall collapsed during their inspection of the complex.
Following this incident, the commissioner instructed the town planning and deputy commissioner to check the structural stability of all commercial complexes which were more than 30 years old.
A senior GHMC town planning official told The Hans India that the norms to decide about the demolition of the buildings would be prepared by the JNTU-H after a thorough examination of the buildings by structural engineers.
The special teams comprising town planning officials and civil engineers would inspect the commercial establishments.
Most of the commercial establishments in Ranigunj, Koti, Sultan Bazar and in Old City areas were more than 50 years old and nothing has been done to strengthen their structures.
Commercial complexes in Secunderabad are more than 30 years old. Owners of such commercial establishments would be asked to take up works to strengthen the buildings.
Where ever such repairs are not possible, orders for demolition would be issued, he said. The town planning official said that the GHMC would first issue notices to the owners of faulty structures and then seize them.
In order to avoid legal complications, the corporation would seek the permission of the courts prior to the seizure or demolition. The demolition or seizure drive would begin from the last week of December, he said.
