Gurugram, March 2026 – The Gurugram district administration has convened an urgent joint meeting of developers and Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) to address a growing backlog of structural safety complaints across the city’s high-rise residential societies. The move signals that authorities are losing patience with a process that has been stalled for months due to unpaid audit fees, unresolved complaints, and deliberate delays on both sides.The meeting, called by Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar, puts the spotlight on a fault line that has quietly widened since the Chintels Paradiso collapse in 2022, the gap between the pace at which new premium housing is being built and sold in Gurugram, and the pace at which the city’s accountability frameworks are keeping up.
A Backlog Years in the Making
Structural audits across at least 20 residential societies in Gurugram have come to a standstill as builders and RWAs continue to delay the deposit of necessary audit funds, despite repeated notices from the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) for over a year.
The Gurugram administration committee, headed by ADC Hitesh Meena, confirmed that builders and residents of 22 societies have not paid their dues, bringing the entire audit process to a halt. The cost per unit ranges from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 depending on flat size a meagre sum, yet one that neither builders nor RWAs are willing to bear. “RWAs are not willing to pay and builders don’t want to bear the full cost. It’s a meagre amount, but safety is being compromised for it,” Meena said.
What Residents Are Reporting
The complaints driving these audits are not minor maintenance issues. Residents of M3M Woodshire in Sector 107 have flagged water seepage in basements, wall damage, corrosion of steel reinforcements, and damage to structural columns. At Raheja Vedanta and Raheja Atharva in Sectors 108 and 109, complaints centre on poor construction quality, cracks on pillars and walls, and seepage in basements. Residents of Brisk Lumbini have reported plaster chunks falling from balconies and basement seepage.
Over 65 high-rise buildings in Gurugram are currently awaiting structural audits, prompting RWAs across 75 societies in Gurugram and Faridabad to write directly to the Chief Minister, urging state intervention and demanding that developers be held accountable for building safety.
Administration Pushes Back
To break the deadlock, the district administration has empanelled four agencies to carry out structural audits, enabling builders and RWAs to proceed without further delay. Builders have also been permitted to engage alternative audit agencies, provided they obtain prior written consent from the concerned RWA. Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar has warned of penalties for non-compliance and made clear that public safety cannot be subordinated to cost disputes.
