Kochi: The high court, to expedite the demolition of the dilapidated Towers B and C of Chander Kunj Army Tower at Vyttila, directed the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO), which constructed the towers, and the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) to take possession of the flats from their owners and hand them over to Edifice Engineering, the company awarded the demolition contract, within two weeks.
Completed in July 2018, Chander Kunj Army Towers comprises three towers with 264 flats. concerns over the structural stability of Towers B and C surfaced in Nov 2019 following reports of seepage and water leakage While most flats were handed over to the owners by the end of 2018. On Feb 3, 2025, the high court ordered their demolition and reconstruction.
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The court said the legality of the district collector’s notices could be examined later. A bench of Justice P V Kunhikrishnan issued the interim order while considering a petition by AWHO challenging the notices issued by the Ernakulam district collector, directing it to take possession of the flats in Towers B and C from their owners by executing a certificate/undertaking. For the time being, however, to expedite the demolition, AWHO and RWA should take possession of the flats and hand them over to Edifice Engineering. The directive came after additional advocate general P A Mohammed Shah highlighted the urgency of the situation and the need to demolish the buildings without delay. The court also clarified that the question of submitting the certificates/undertaking could be decided finally while disposing of the petition. Download the TOI App.