India, Feb. 18 -- The Gurugram district administration has fixed compensation rates for flat owners of Towers A, B, and C in Chintels Paradiso, setting it at Rs.7,900 per square foot (psf) for Towers A and B and Rs.7,500 psf for Tower C, officials said on Monday. The administration has also directed that residents opting for reconstruction will receive rent from the date of vacating their flats.

A senior official from the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) said that the decision was taken in a district committee meeting investigating the Chintels Paradiso incident. The move follows the committee's approval last week of the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) reports, which declared Towers A, B, and C unfit for habitati...