The Municipal Corporation of Delhi began the controlled demolition of a building adjoining the structure that collapsed in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan on September 6, killing seven people and injuring five. The adjoining building had been declared dangerous and was evacuated before demolition work began.
New Delhi | September 9, 2026 — An MCD official said the demolition exercise began on Tuesday and was stopped in the evening. Work is scheduled to resume on Wednesday morning, the official added. The building had housed a girls’ paying guest accommodation.
The adjoining property was evacuated after the neighbouring five-storey structure collapsed on Sunday. Officials said students staying there had already left and were returning only to collect their belongings before the demolition. The MCD had issued an order on the day of the collapse directing the owner or occupier of property No. 13 in Satya Niketan to demolish the structure, citing the danger it posed to residents and nearby buildings.
The demolition follows the collapse of the neighbouring building, which resulted in seven deaths and five injuries, according to the report. The supplied account did not identify the cause of that collapse or provide details of any inquiry, structural assessment or action against the property owner.
The action has also drawn attention to concerns about unsafe and tilting buildings elsewhere in Delhi. In north Delhi’s Nehru Vihar, residents alleged that a building had tilted repeatedly over nearly a decade because of a faulty sewer line. They said the structure had been demolished and rebuilt once, but developed the same problem again within a few years.
According to a resident, the building was less than eight years old and had most recently been reconstructed around three years ago. Residents also alleged that poor maintenance by civic agencies, including the Delhi Jal Board and the MCD, contributed to the problem. One resident claimed that at least 400 dwellings in the nearby F Block of Gandhi Vihar were tilting in different directions.
The Delhi Jal Board and the MCD had not immediately responded to the Nehru Vihar allegations at the time of publication. The supplied report did not establish whether the alleged tilting was linked to the Satya Niketan collapse or whether any formal survey of the nearby dwellings had been ordered.
For the Satya Niketan property, the immediate next step is the resumption of controlled demolition on Wednesday morning, according to the MCD official. The report did not provide a completion timeline or details of any wider inspection of buildings in the area.
