The Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) has issued notices to developers to submit construction plans for their projects to start a structural audit process as soon as possible. The structural audit process of 23 high-rise residential societies, which was due to start last week, was delayed because the developers have not yet submitted construction plans, authorities said. Once the plans are submitted, the structural audit agencies will calculate the cost of the audit that will be shared between the developers and the RWAs. In order to the management of the developer companies, District Developer (Compliance) Manish Yadav said that the structural audit of 23 residential societies will be carried out by four agencies and the developers of these societies have been ordered to submit the construction plans at the DTP office. “Only after the submission of the plans, the cost of the audit can be estimated and the work can begin. After the amount is evaluated, the management of the construction company and RWA will be ordered to share the expenses, ”he said. The companies to be audited in the second phase are CHD Avenue, Paras Dews, Raheja Atharva, Raheja Navodaya, Hermitage Satya, Takshashila Heights, Ansal Estella, Vatika G-21, Wembley Estate, ATS Tourmaline, Indiabulls Centrum Park, Orris Aster Court, GPL Eden Heights, Parsvnath Green Ville, Orris Carnation, Coralwood, Aloha Apartments, Vipul Lavanya, BPTP Park Sareen, Bestech Park View Ananda, NBCC Heights, Hibiscus and others. In May, the district administration ordered the visual inspection of 55 high-rise societies in which four structural audit agencies were required to check the buildings at various checkpoints, including general building maintenance, plastering, leakage, seepage, humidity, and Cracks in the basement, beam, slab and floor moisture, state of water tanks and wells built on the roof of the building. Meanwhile, the second round of structural audit of 15 companies selected in the first phase was due to start from July 10. In the second round, the structural audit agencies recommended various laboratory tests. “Developers of 15 high-rise residential societies, for which a visual audit was conducted and second round laboratory tests were to be carried out, were issued notices and ordered to carry out the laboratory test or take the NOC, letter of consent from the RWA and submit it to the DTCP office,” Yadav said. See also: Noida to implement structural audit policy for highrises Construction of 250 buildings gets stuck due to delay in AAI NOC