India, Jan. 4 -- Nearly two years after a roof collapse at Gurugram's Chintels Paradiso society, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the 125 residents who have opted for reconstruction of the other towers in the society declared unsafe shall be entitled to a fixed rent for an alternate accommodation by the developer from the time when reconstruction commences till its completion.

A safety audit of the buildings, carried out by IIT Delhi, had found five out of the nine towers in the society to be structurally unsafe. The court was hearing a petition by 188 residents seeking a probe into the incident that took place on February 10, 2022, and demanded a safety audit of their buildings fearing a repeat of the incident.

As the Central...