North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued 115 notices to schools, residential group housing societies, institutional buildings etc. to submit structural audit reports to ensure seismic stability of the buildings.

A senior north Corporation official said that these notices have been issued following the instructions of the High Court of Delhi. “Residents are required to submit a structural audit report within 30 days from the date of notice with the concerned zonal executive engineer of North Corporation,” he said.

“The buildings shall have to be retrofitted if required as per structure audit under the supervision of a registered structural engineer within a further period of six months. Non-submission of report on time may attract strict action as per law,” he said.

As per the action plan notified by Delhi government in the first phase, structural safety of high risk buildings to be completed within two to three years time frame and thereafter the buildings falling in moderate and lower risk matrix shall be taken up. In the 2nd phase, the building coming under the lower risk matrix as well as those falling in the jurisdiction of unauthorised, unauthorised regularised, village abadis, re-settlement colonies, special areas shall be taken up, he added.

Initially, a list of about 25 municipal buildings, other government buildings has also been prepared in the zones for structural audit agencies like IIT Delhi, DTU, NCCBM are being requested to carry out the structural audit of these buildings.