The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has identified 81 dangerous houses across the national capital and issued repair advisories for 553 others after surveying 30,66,188 homes, according to an official report dated October 12. The survey covers 94.17 per cent of the 32,55,909 houses listed by the civic body, leaving 1,89,721 homes yet to be assessed.
The findings place the MCD dangerous houses survey among the largest recent citywide assessments of residential building conditions reported by the civic body. Of the 81 houses declared dangerous, 55 are classified under the maintenance category and 26 under the building category, the report said.
The distinction separates homes requiring attention because of maintenance-related concerns from those classified under the building category. The report did not provide location-wise details for the 81 dangerous houses or specify the nature of the structural or maintenance risks identified in each case.
The MCD also identified 553 houses that require repairs. Of these, 462 fall under the maintenance category and 91 under the building category. Within that group, 63 maintenance-category houses and 18 building-category houses were identified in the report’s detailed figures.
The survey figures show that the civic body has covered most of the housing stock included in its assessment. However, the remaining 1,89,721 houses had not been surveyed at the time of the report, meaning the citywide exercise was not yet complete. The report did not state when the remaining homes would be covered.
The assessment comes as Delhi’s municipal administration tracks the condition of houses across a city with a large and varied built environment. The figures released by the MCD identify the scale of the survey and the number of homes requiring either repair advisories or a dangerous-house classification, but the supplied report does not state the next enforcement or rehabilitation steps for residents of the 81 properties.
The report also does not indicate whether the dangerous houses would be vacated, repaired, demolished or subjected to further structural assessment. It records the MCD’s classification of the properties and the advisories issued to homes requiring repairs. Further action will depend on the civic body’s response to the findings and the completion of the remaining survey coverage.
With 94.17 per cent of the listed houses already surveyed, the next official milestone is the assessment of the remaining 1,89,721 homes. The MCD’s subsequent updates will establish whether the number of dangerous or repair-requiring houses changes once the citywide survey is completed.
