India, Jan. 30 -- The developer of the Chintels Paradiso condominium in Gurugram Sector 109 has begun demolishing the first of six residential towers that were declared unsafe by the district administration, officials said on Wednesday. Currently, workers are razing the structure manually, with mechanical demolition likely to start in a couple of days, the officials said, adding that the entire process is likely to take around six months.

The complex has nine towers - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J. On February 10, 2022, renovations at a sixth-floor flat in Tower D led to the ceiling of a bedroom collapsing, causing a cascade effect in which portions of flats caved in all the way down to the first floor. Following the incident, in which t...