2 luxury buildings were demolished on the orders of the Supreme Court
New Delhi: Two luxurious and expensive buildings in the Indian state of Kerala were demolished on the orders of the court after they were found to be in violation of environmental laws.
In Kerala, the most luxurious and expensive buildings with beautiful locations, in which luxury flats were built, were demolished on the orders of the court.
For these buildings, in May last year, the Supreme Court declared that these buildings have been constructed in violation of environmental laws.
On this occasion, a large number of people gathered here to witness the scene. The local administration reduced the two buildings to a pile of rubble in moments, the entire process was also monitored from the air by the authorities.
People living in the building had spent huge sums to buy flats here, some had built their dream home here with their lifetime savings. These individuals will now have to fight a long legal battle to get their money back.
Initially, the residents refused to leave their homes, but when the local administration cut off the water and electricity supply to the buildings, they were forced to leave.
Currently, these people have been given a meager amount as compensation by the state government. The builders of the building are determining the steps to refund the houses of all these people.
These buildings were constructed in the year 2006 and permission was given by the local government to private builders.
However, in a case filed against the construction of these buildings last year, the court ruled that both the buildings were built on an ecologically sensitive coastal area and could prove to be highly harmful to the environment.
The state of Kerala has beautiful beaches along the Arabian Sea, which makes it a paradise for tourists and wealthy people.
In 2018, the worst flood of the century occurred here in which 400 people died. Experts say that the reason for the increasing number of natural disasters in Kerala is the haphazard constructions that take place here without any planning.
At the time of the demolition of the said buildings, the people living near said that they were afraid of the explosions falling on their houses and buildings.
Worried about the effects, according to them, when these buildings were being blasted, the walls of their houses were also cracked.
Before this operation, around 2,000 people living near the said buildings were asked to move elsewhere as a precautionary measure.
A resident of the collapsed building said that he had bought a house here for around one and a half crore Indian rupees, and it turned into a pile of dirt before his eyes. "It is no fault of ours, yet we are the most affected."