Demolish illegal, unsafe buildings: Residents urge Greater Noida Authority

In the wake of Supertech's twin tower demolition in Noida, a group of homebuyers in Greater Noida's Shahberi area has written to local authorities demanding their "illegal" houses, declared "dangerous" in an IIT Delhi audit, be demolished.

The group -- Justice For Shaberi Homebuyers -- has demanded that after the demolition of the illegal structures, they be given homes as per norms of the Uttar Pradesh Rehabilitation Act 2013.

Shahberi, which lies in Greater Noida (West) also known as Noida Extension, had hogged limelight on July 17, 2018 when two adjoining buildings had collapsed onto each other, leaving nine people, including a child and two women, dead.

Subsequent probe reports by the district administration and the local authority had found the buildings had come up illegally and without proper approval, as did several other structures in the area.

In a letter to the district administration and the Greater Noida Authority last week, the homebuyers requested the demolition of t