Private Firm to Assess Value of Gurgaon’s Chintels Paradiso Flats

                Gurgaon: The department of town and country 
planning (DTCP) has appointed consultants to 
assess the market value of flats and their 
interiors in towers A, B and C of Chintels 
Paradiso, months after these buildings were 
also declared unsafe in a second audit 
organised by the developer.
Audits at the Sector 109 society began after a 
vertical collapse of five floors at Tower D killed 
two women in Feb 2022. Soon after the 
incident, the district administration brought in 
IIT 
experts to assess the structural safety of 
residential towers at the apartment complex.
IIT reports declared towers E and F unsafe in 
March 2023, followed by Tower G in June 
2023, Tower H in July 2023 and Tower J in Jan 
2024.
Later, the developer – Chintels India – asked 
the Central Building Research Institute – to 
audit the remaining towers. Tower C was 
declared unsafe by CBRI in Aug 2024, followed 
by 
Tower A in Oct 2024 and Tower B in Dec 2024.
In all, all nine towers of the complex are likely 
to be demolished.
The process to raze towers D, E, F, G, H and J 
has already begun, and all residents of these 
buildings have been vacated.
The valuation work of flats in towers A, B and C 
-- ordered by the deputy commissioner this 
week -- will take the process forward and 
determine the financial repercussions for 
homebuyers.
"We will pay these fees (to the consultant) as 
we did for the first phase of valuation. Once 
the value is determined, then we will offer to 
buy back flats from homebuyers at the rate 
determined by the govt-approved valuator," a 
spokesperson for Chintels India said on 
Monday.
The decision to go ahead with valuation was 
taken after DC Ajay Kumar on Monday held a 
meeting with homebuyers of Paradiso to 
address their concerns. The consultant has to 
submit 
a final report on valuations within 15 days after 
receiving necessary documents.
On Monday, residents of the society held a 
candle-light march to mark three years since 
their ordeal began. They said both the district 
administration and developer have delayed the 
rehabilitation and compensation process to 
give them relief.

Source : Times of India