Satya Niketan collapse highlights Delhi building safety concerns
13 would commence soon. Because of a faulty sewer line, “The building started tilting.
The building, which residents said is not more than eight years old, was demolished and rebuilt after it first developed the problem. Meanwhile, MCD officials said the building adjoining the collapsed Satya Niketan structure had been declared dangerous and was being evacuated as it housed a girls’ PG. They are just collecting their possessions,” an MCD official said. Officials said the controlled demolition of Building No.
However, the structure reportedly began tilting again within a few years and was most recently reconstructed around three years ago. It was demolished and rebuilt once. “The students had already left the building.
Within a couple of years, it developed the same problem again,” a resident said while speaking to the media on Tuesday.
“We keep complaining but no one listens. Before this, no government body, neither the Jal Board nor the MCD, carried out proper maintenance,” the resident alleged.