India, May 17 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) last week began a survey to determine the ownership status of flats in the Tulsi Niketan housing scheme, which is proposed for redevelopment due to the dilapidated condition of the buildings. Officials said the survey is likely to be completed by the end of May. The bad condition of the buildings came into the limelight on Wednesday when a five-year-old boy and his 25-year-old uncle were crushed to death by debris from a crumbling flat.

On Wednesday, Vansh alias Laddu and his uncle Akash Kumar, were standing outside a shop on the ground floor at 8.30pm when a portion of the balcony of the flat above the shop collapsed. The two were declared dead at a hospital. The flat owner, Sab...